Comments on: Pakistani Demonstrator Single-Handedly Inspires Country… to Go Home?

By: Phillygrrl

Phillygrrl — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:51:10 +0000

Thanks for all the great links, guys!

By: eyecatchy

eyecatchy — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:53:09 +0000

I’d be pissed too if I had to wakeup before 2pm for Inquilab.

By: Rahul Rvd

Rahul Rvd — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 20:55:25 +0000

there – their … I hate myself.

By: Rahul Rvd

Rahul Rvd — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 20:54:44 +0000

Poor guy! If you watch the interview, he was talking about the women who were in Hijab and were standing their inspite of the heat. He was protesting the fact that they were getting no coverage of the fact that these heavily garbed women were being jostled by the cops; he has an excellent point that if the media showed the police roughing up hijab-ed up women, it would certainly provide a spark to start a revolution…for whatever they are protesting … Imran Khan to the PCB ?

But it does bring up the fact that the small educated class of young Muslims in Pakistan and in the United States is completely out of touch with ground realities of their country. In India I’ve been in protests with both the IYC and the ABVP, and everytime it was a wake-up call for my sheltered 14 yr old life; I can only imagine how much worse it is in Pakistan.

The only thing that was hilarious to me was him calling Raymond Davis an “Angrez” … Mr. Toru is enrolled in a branch of the LSE . Good going old chum. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc_hpdvAdVI

Here are the links for Mr. Toru’s web-redemption, Pakistani-style – 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CW7vGoE2x0#t=10m15s 2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKalpK5gn50

Part 2 is particularly great at the point where he compares himself to Che Guevara … holy shiznat Pakistan, the Hipsters have started invading your country too.

Remember to start listening to Arcade Fire or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeHV3tyNQ60

By: John Jacobi

John Jacobi — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:50:38 +0000

Haha. Completely clueless and whiny. Sheltered rich kid meets real world.

By: Shehzad Nadeem

Shehzad Nadeem — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 05:14:21 +0000

Here’s his response, poor guy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEjULZE9aS0

By: ithunk

ithunk — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 04:46:19 +0000

from that link : ‘Agar ammi mana na karteen, tau inquilaab zaroor aata!’

By: dishoompk

dishoompk — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 03:41:48 +0000

A little more background, and a few updates here http://cafepyala.blogspot.com/2011/03/poor-sensitive-hot-and-bothered.html

By: dishoompk

dishoompk — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 03:26:14 +0000

Well, for a brief moment in time, he became the Pakistani meme. And very much like Rebecca Black, the thing is boiling down.

Best tribute to Zohair Toru, might be this remix http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoPWabSO5SM

Though, apparently because of cyber-bullying, he hasn't been to his college since this video became viral.