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A Very Costly Bill

Shoaib Daniyal

Our (India's) political system started out being modeled on Britain’s—I’m afraid that it might end up being more like China’s.

Mar 17, 2010   Views 539   Interacts 9

Current Affairs

Who is Maqbool Bhat?

samvit rawal

Maqbool Bhat was not a freedom fighter as is being made out by his followers. He was a simple selfish man who made his money by spying on two different nations.

Mar 17, 2010   Views 467   Interacts 5

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The Desert of Possibility: Part II

Ali Hashmi

Ghalib once remarked that he had done quite enough through his poetry and prose to ensure that his name would live on until the end of time. More than 200 years after his birth, the steady stream of works on his life and poetry makes

Mar 14, 2010   Views 1767   Interacts 41

Religion

Understanding Islamic Revival In Its Proper Context

Yasser Latif Hamdani

We – who live in the Muslim World- are going through painful pangs of an accelerated evolution. Our predicament has been exacerbated by the information age and what we see today – the terrorism, the in-fighting, sectarianism, absolutism and religious

Mar 14, 2010   Views 5659   Interacts 138

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River Song

Hiren K Bose

Alice Albania’s book Empires of the Indus: The story of a River brings the shared history of Indus and its people.

Mar 14, 2010   Views 627   Interacts 4

Society

A Ward of the State

Fazeel Chauhan

Shut your damn mouth old man
Or I’ll call 911 to report you
Cause you’re threatening me

Mar 14, 2010   Views 969   Interacts 19

War on Terror

21st Century Terrorism and Wars Against Terror

Mehroz Sadruddin

Almost every widely held idea that we currently entertain about 21st Century terrorism and its relationship to the wars against terror is wrong and must be thoroughly rethought.

Mar 12, 2010   Views 2940   Interacts 61

People

With Never a Lamentation

Aisha Sarwari

She was a British born faithful of the communist movement, allied fiercely with the mission of promoting freedom from oppressive regimes, a learned and well-read person, she was as opinionated and prolific in her writing as she was in her thoughts.

Mar 8, 2010   Views 6985   Interacts 158

Current Affairs

Poking the Good Turk in the Eye

Salim Chauhan

His passionate speeches in Istanbul and Cairo sound much like his fading appearance in Grant Park in Chicago. More and more, Obama seems to have the reverse Midas touch.

Mar 7, 2010   Views 9059   Interacts 223

Life

Stretching It, Just a Little Further

Vinay Mehta

Heading out of one of the gates of the plant, he had run into a group of protestors. "Management ka chamcha! (Stooge of the management!)", someone shouted at him.

Mar 7, 2010   Views 1755   Interacts 17

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