The Straight Curve

Arshid Malik  During school days we were taught that democracy is a government “for the people, by the people and of the people” and this...

Arshid Malik Surprisingly, I am writing again. Not that I doubted that I would be able to write anymore but somehow the metaphysical quintessence of...

Arshid MalikCustomer Care! Yes, that is the concurrent pass phrase for customers to extract support from companies and establishments from whom they have subscribed...

Arshid MalikWhat is with the dogs in Kashmir? One they are multiplying faster than bacteria and second they have really hit the note of...

Arshid Malik

When I was a kid I used to play a strategy board game called ‘Careers’ with my cousins at home. What made this game one of the most interesting board games of my early life was the fact that no matter who played against me, I always won. Anyways, while moving across the board one would most fear landing in a cell which read ‘Park Bench. Landing on this particular cell meant losing the next move to your opponents

Arshid Malik I love to experiment with words, especially turning scientific and technological terms into adaptive versions that apply to common human lives. It is...

Arshid Malik Human culture is very much like Matryokshka dolls commonly referred to as Russian nesting dolls. There is always a larger, broader and identifiable...

Arshid MalikI was lucky to be outside Kashmir when Salman Khan starrer “Dabaang” was released for it was a movie worthy of being watched...

Arshid MalikGiven the fact that I was a bright child and always excelled in studies, I actually never paid enough heed to my school...

Arshid MalikI have slipped out of youth into old age too suddenly. Hair greying fast, teeth deteriorating at an excellent pace, “old age” diseases...