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Recently by hurricane
- Must watch Qawwalis from the hypnotic masters
- and now one for your stormy side
- Main Khayal houn kisi aur ka (Saleem Kausar )
- in support of artistic expression and MeiraJ08
- Pakistani awam, do you think we have Amnesia, ADD, or Dementia?
- Musharraf's gone, our shalwaars are still down, here comes Zardari
- Looks like Farzana really hit a raw nerve with Arjun
- Then What? The Impeachment of Musharraf (article by Fatima Bhutto)
- On this blessed day, I propose that Pakistan should hire Sadna didi as both an interior minister and foreign minister
- As if you can escape the wrath of the hurricane
- Response to "How do you stop" by smalyck
- Sometimes I wish the neighbors would just leave us alone
- Pakistanis need to take a long look in the mirror...
- Asra Nomani and Denise Spellberg...very interesting points of view
- Musharraf is the leader Pakistan needed, but did not want
- I am confused; Mullah Toofani; Musharraf
Chowk Editors: Please Publish MASADI
MASADI is a published author whose work has been endorsed by Gore Vidal. He writes well thought out material that offers an alternate point of view than that which one reads in the mainstream media.
He is well written, eloquent, relevant, and more importantly, he writes material that provokes the reader intellectually. These are the very attributes that Chowk appears to value in authors.
So PLEASE PUBLISH MASADI.
Here is the list of articles that he has submitted to Chowk over the past year, that have not been published:
The Misadventures of the Pakistan Army
Thursday, July 10, 2008
The US “World War” Factory
Sunday June 29th, 2008
Why Restoring the Deposed Judges is Priority #1 for Pakistan
Monday May 12th, 2008
Lost in Translation: The Myth of American Freedom
Thursday March 13th, 2008
Legitimizing a Farce
Sunday February 24th, 2008
Ahmedinejad Visits New York: The Iran Crisis in Context
Wednesday September 26th, 2007
Dogmatism, Modernization and Islam
Sunday June 24th, 2007
Factionalism, Social Movement Structure & Social Change
Wednesday June 13th, 2007
[thanks Majumdar for providing the list of articles]
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Regards
I concur with you 100%. In fact, I've written chowk editors (see the letter in my iLog), which explains some of these discrepancies to them.
All this goes to show that such decision making at Chowk is entirely arbitrary, and the right of a select few who remain unknown. It is worse than the high handedness that one sees in the running of affairs by the various govts in Pakistan where constitution, institutions and policies are routinely trampled upon by the "elite of the day" establishment. Yet, even in Pakistan, the "elite of the day" is neither invisible nor unknown; at Chowk they are.
Chowk, it seems, is run by some kind of a secret society.
Still, while a lame argument for occasional banning can, at least, be made, there is no basis whatsoever for denying publication of material which is within guidelines and norms of decency.
Denial of publication must be fully decoupled from the policy of banning a poster on, say, FP.
Frankly, I am appalled that people, whoever the hell they are, can get away with such high handedness. This matter ought to be reported to the ACLU and Chowk taken to court to enfoce fair-handed policies.
I did google and amazon - other than chowk it shows other masadi's.
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