The Straight Curve

Arshid Malik  Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, a Pakistani journalist, activist and filmmaker has scored for the second time at the Oscars. Her first Oscar was for...

Arshid Malik Some eight or nine odd years ago I along with some of my friends decided to go for an adventure trip. It was...

Arshid Malik I had been at peace, resting for a long time in my own charismatic world of opinionated dialectics, away from the humdrum of...

Arshid MalikI very well recall that I was never dumb. No one ever called me that, “dumb” I mean, and I was never classified...

Imagine a million suns shining upon our planet! Would our planet burn under such heat and light? It would, as a matter of fact....

Arshid Malik I am genetically averse to the idea of mass modernization. I prefer traditional approaches to living which I figure contribute positively and genuinely...

I love good and great food. I am a foodie and I have no hassles about that. Well, in this life, one of the...

Arshid MalikKashmir is like a lovelorn bird sanctuary with no rules and regulations. Hunters just roll up their gear and move in for a...

Arshid MalikThere are some things about Kashmir and Kashmiri people that I have never been able to comprehend.  For instance, I have noted all...

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 MalikMunnabhai M.B.B.S. was a major Bollywood flick that swept the Indian cinema buffs off their feet in December 2003. It was the element...

Arshid Malik Picture an executive or a government official or a lawyer or for that particular matter anyone with a decent job and a handsome...

A story of despair, love and all that is least needed Arshid Malik There is a near-dead lock over government formation in the state of Jammu...

Arshid MalikI have come a long way, away from home and my homeland, walking the treacherous paths of shabby bliss in search of a...