“I wanted to hurt you but the victory is that I could not stomach it. It’s beautiful. It really is. I had a dream about you. We were in the gold room where everyone finally gets what they want. You said tell me about your books, your visions made of flesh and light and I said This is the Moon.
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Author: Naukhaiz
The Mornings
“I woke up in the morning and I didn’t want anything, didn’t do anything, couldn’t do it anyway, just lay there listening to the blood rush through me and it never made any sense, anything”. -Richard Siken
Guessing your Trajectory
“Knot the tie and go to work, un-knot the tie and go to sleep. I sleep. I dream. I wake. I sing. I get out the hammer and start knocking in the wooden pegs that affix the meaning to the landscape, the inner life to the body, the names to the things. I float too
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The Girl with Many Eyes
One day in the park I had quite a surprise. I met a girl who had many eyes. She was really quite pretty (and also quite shocking!) and I noticed she had a mouth, so we ended up talking. We talked about flowers, and her poetry classes, and the problems she’d have if she ever
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In a Car with a Beautiful Girl
“You are in a car with a beautiful girl, and she won’t tell you that she loves you, but she loves you. And you feel like you have done something terrible, like robbed a store, or swallowed pills, or shoveled yourself a grave in the dirt, and you are tired. You are in a car
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Karachi needs to learn how Chicken Karahi is made!
Yes, you read it right. I’ve spent 4 years in Karachi and still my search is on for a tasty Chicken Karahi. It’s actually ironic. Karachi has a huge variety of food but when it comes to a reasonable Karahi, you have no options. By now, we have tried it at all the places highlighted
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Industry’s say: Senior Dealer Equities in a Major Bank
We approached a senior equities dealer in a major bank in Pakistan. He is a CFA charterholder and ASA. As part of general comments he told us the following things: Get in the industry before completing all three levels of CFA as this industry is more about experience and skills.” “If given a choice between
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Conclusions after conducting Interviews in Lahore: Part 2
Following are the points that I concluded for you after conducting interviews in Lahore. You people need to realize them today before it is too late: 1. Lack of experience is a curse in this age. Try to get it in any possible way. No matter how hard you study, no matter how higher you
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Experience of Conducting Interviews in Lahore: Part 1
Yesterday, I had a privilege to be part of an interview committee in Lahore which was conducted in order to hire Financial Analysts. We are looking to build a local team for research, consultancy and investment banking projects in North Pakistan. Sadly we ended up hiring only 1 candidate from Islamabad and the committee has
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