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Burka Avenger (not just made for India)
....Our actors work there...our musicians have been popular there.....does that mean we have to modify our content to suit their seasoned tastes?....If only the answer was a simple binary...
View Article"Malik sahab, sorry...go back"
"sorry....You should go back....You should apologise.... You should be ashamed...250 passengers have suffered....It is your fault, sir" ....."Malik sahab, you are not a minister any more....And even if...
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Pakistan: Weimar Republic of Asia?
More than 3 years ago I wrote a piece asking whether Pakistan is a failed state or the Weimar Republic? At that time, i was still an optimist and thought it was probably neither. But I did say at the...
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The lives of peasants
The boy comes out at the sound....Nitai is quick, he has the energy and focus of an animal filled with itself and itself only.....pushes him against the mud wall and drives the curve of the blade with...
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Bangladesh forgives Jamaat
Delwar Hossain Sayedee is the Nayeb-e-Ameer (Vice President) of Jamaat-e-Islami of Bangladesh and has been accused of war crimes (mostly against Hindu civilians) in 1971. He was awarded the death...
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The UK is Greater India
God save the Queen & her United Kingdom on this momentous day. Niall Ferguson makes a wonderful point that Scotland is AfPak (Afghanistan is the highlands, Pakistan the theocratic lowlands) and...
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An Appeal for Alan
Even if we are a bit too cynical and feel that (a) the appeal for Alan Henning by British Imams and muslim organizations is nothing but public relations and that (b) the Caliphate folks are unlikely to...
View ArticleNaw (55) beats Aye (45)
The British have always loved partition...for other people. In each case the justification was that the sub-nations are unable to co-exist side by side. This is when the British played not an...
View ArticleHonor restored
....Biswas's lawyer Ravi Batra said in a statement to PTI that the "honour" of Biswas, Indian diplomats and India has been has been "vindicated" with the court order. The settlement acknowledged that...
View ArticleWe salute our (Punjabi) overlords
After prolonged deliberation the choice for Viceroy has been finally declared. Richard Rahul Verma is a close associate of the next-in-line-to-the-throne Madam President. A master-stroke by Obama no...
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Sail the 7 seas (on iceberg rafts)
...the evolutionary history of ostriches, emus and rheas does not match the break-up of the continents....scientists believe that their common ancestor could fly.....New World monkeys rafted to South...
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"Indian Muslims live for India....die for India"
Fine words...no doubt meant sincerely. It is smart politics and smart policy to divide the opposition vote-bank (as the BJP sees it) into Indian Muslims (patriots) and Muslim Indians (splittists). Our...
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Playing the loony tunes (no pause)
....I still remember his analysis....how thoughtful and well-researched it was!.....whenever he was on air, I used to tell my parents proudly that that’s my professor on TV....I can’t believe that a...
View ArticleLehman Sisters (India)
Indian women (elites) are doing very well, as may be judged by the just released list of Fortune top-25 in Asia/Pacific. Worlwide Indra Nooyi is ranked #3 right after Mary Bara (GE) and Gini Rometty...
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Brand Brown Muslim
....Rahman was born into a family of struggling Bangladeshi immigrants....Putting himself through Oxford, Cambridge, Munich and Yale, he has been a mathematician, investment banker and international...
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Multiculturalism with Chinese Characteristics
Multiculturalism with Chinese characteristics...China's war on terror becomes a war on conservative Islam. Not that I am anti-Chinese. I am also a fan of China. Actually I am a fan of everyone. Why...
View ArticlePakistani makes the largest political bet in history -
It seems us Pakis are instinctively Unionist (which makes sense - God save the Queen).Describing himself as a committed unionist of Pakistani-German heritage, he said he had been partly motivated to...
View ArticleThe happy martyrs
....Hamas initially denied any link to the June attack....Last month, the group acknowledged responsibility......"Hamas praises the role martyrs Abu Aysha and Kawasme played in chasing down Israeli...
View ArticleRandom Thoughts
It is the season to be busy at work, so I am unable to write a coherent post but these scattered thoughts were itching to get out:1. Pakistani anchor Talat has written an interesting piece in Urdu in...
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India-Southern Research Organization (ISRO)
1. K Radhakrishnan: chairman of ISRO and secretary, Department of Space....2. M Annadurai: program director Mars Orbiter Mission.....3. S Ramakrishnan: director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre and member...
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