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Sher Shah Suri

Yasser Latif Hamdani   Apr 9, 2001   interacts: 914

the first true social reformer in the history of Indo-Pakistan

Rest in Peace Pakistan (1947-1974)

Yasser Latif Hamdani   Jun 28, 2007   interacts: 1223

You cannot understand Pakistan until and unless you understand how the demise of the ideal of Pakistan was brought about by its own people

Indo-Pak History via Mail

Adi Arun   Nov 10, 2005   interacts: 560

Pakistan is trying to create an identity but you cannot hide your heritage.

Blasphemy Law: An Academic Investigation

Urstruly    Aug 6, 2002   interacts: 661

a law enacted by a person or entity of authority can only be repealed or changed...

Mahadev Gobind Ranade (1842-1901)

Yasser Latif Hamdani   Mar 19, 2005   interacts: 571

...some historical figures, intellectual giants in their own right, who Pakistanis know nothing about, and certainly many Indians as well...

Islams Challenge

Ronald K Rodebaugh   Sep 23, 2001   interacts: 536

It is past time for a concerted effort by the descendents of Averroes and Avecinna to reacquire the best, most fruitful and constructive elements of

The Identity Crisis of a Modern Muslim

Anwar Iqbal   Jan 14, 2002   interacts: 511

this over-emphasis on religion clashes with their other identities

The Great Illusion

Revathy Gopal   Mar 25, 2002   interacts: 443

How pure is our bloodline?

The Islamist and Hindutva Politics: Identities of Outlook and Objectives

Hassan Gardezi   Dec 30, 2000   interacts: 430

Pakistan’s Islamists and Sangh Parivar have similar goals?

Tilak and Gokhale

Yasser Latif Hamdani   Jun 24, 2001   interacts: 437

That was the beginning of Jinnah’s journey on the road to Pakistan ...

Myths about the Golden Age of Islam

Yasser Latif Hamdani   Jan 2, 2005   interacts: 309

The history of Islam, especially the golden age of Islam, is full of instances of narrow parochial, sectarian and tribal divisions.

A Convert’s Complaint: Analyzing Naipaul’s Views on Islam

Zafar Anjum   Feb 26, 2002   interacts: 302

Naipaul claims that Islam asks its followers to abandon their past histories, culture, and identities

South Asia’s Clarence Darrow

Yasser Latif Hamdani   Aug 13, 2005   interacts: 266

An anglicized barrister who ended up founding a separate Muslim majority state is an apparent paradox but not really so...

The Summer of ’47

Feroz R Khan   Jul 29, 2001   interacts: 300

The role of Lord Louis Mountbatten

Operation Searchlight

Tariq Aqil   Nov 19, 2003   interacts: 240

Dhaka, March 25th 1971, Tejgaon airport. General Yahya, Pakistan’s military dictator, before boarding his special aircraft turned to General Tikka Khan, Commander Eastern Command, and

India Unvarnished

Murad A Baig   Aug 15, 2000   interacts: 154

An unemotional examination of some of the main questions about India’s history

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