Pervez Hoodbhoy August 2, 2007
#592 Posted by giani_240 on August 8, 2007 6:53:57 pm
Re: # 590
Tahmed mian,
I did not express any bitterness, just a statment of fact.
My friend, me thinks you are a bit naive in believing that help from India is going to solve any problem in Pakistan. If it helps the status quo, the pro-democracy complains - like you just did. If it helps the pro-democracy folks, your military is going to throw a fit.
The way indians and the indian goverment looks at it, the more you guys stew in your own couldron, the less time you folks will have in blowing some one up in India.
On a serious note
Given the geopolitics of the sub-continent, it is not in the interest of the indian politician nor the Pakistani one to sit down and solve any bilateral issues. Because it is more beneficial to have problems since it makes it easy to rile the masses in their favour.After all the politicans need votes to remain in power to enjoy the perks.
I beleive there are no problems but there is a significant lack of trust.
When Mush came to power, a large majority of pakistanis welcomed it. (Recommend my much earlier post on this subject). After a few years of Bhutto or Nawaz, I bet a majority will be clamoring for Military rule again.
The poor man on the street has short term memory and an even shorter attention span. His needs are immediate. He will go with one who promises a quick fix. Unfortunately, there are no quick fixes.
However, a slight or even a perceived one leaves an emotional scar that even time finds to heal and which is inherited over generations.
I thought that chowk was for promoting greater understanding among peoples of the subcontinent. However, every interact session for every post turns into communal free for all - why? (moi is guilty too)
Some of the interactors were not even born when partition took place. So why the hatred? My belief is that it is an emotional thread that is being inherited via stories that grandma and grandpa told.
So my friend, there is no easy way out. No helping hand and defintely no welfare from east of the border. The long term resolution has come from within and it requires patience and some quality leadership, which has not emerged in Pakistan as yet.( I doubt if we have ever seen any in India either but at least they have been a trifle better)
With apoligies for the sermon.
giani
Tahmed mian,
I did not express any bitterness, just a statment of fact.
My friend, me thinks you are a bit naive in believing that help from India is going to solve any problem in Pakistan. If it helps the status quo, the pro-democracy complains - like you just did. If it helps the pro-democracy folks, your military is going to throw a fit.
The way indians and the indian goverment looks at it, the more you guys stew in your own couldron, the less time you folks will have in blowing some one up in India.
On a serious note
Given the geopolitics of the sub-continent, it is not in the interest of the indian politician nor the Pakistani one to sit down and solve any bilateral issues. Because it is more beneficial to have problems since it makes it easy to rile the masses in their favour.After all the politicans need votes to remain in power to enjoy the perks.
I beleive there are no problems but there is a significant lack of trust.
When Mush came to power, a large majority of pakistanis welcomed it. (Recommend my much earlier post on this subject). After a few years of Bhutto or Nawaz, I bet a majority will be clamoring for Military rule again.
The poor man on the street has short term memory and an even shorter attention span. His needs are immediate. He will go with one who promises a quick fix. Unfortunately, there are no quick fixes.
However, a slight or even a perceived one leaves an emotional scar that even time finds to heal and which is inherited over generations.
I thought that chowk was for promoting greater understanding among peoples of the subcontinent. However, every interact session for every post turns into communal free for all - why? (moi is guilty too)
Some of the interactors were not even born when partition took place. So why the hatred? My belief is that it is an emotional thread that is being inherited via stories that grandma and grandpa told.
So my friend, there is no easy way out. No helping hand and defintely no welfare from east of the border. The long term resolution has come from within and it requires patience and some quality leadership, which has not emerged in Pakistan as yet.( I doubt if we have ever seen any in India either but at least they have been a trifle better)
With apoligies for the sermon.
giani
#589 Posted by jang on August 8, 2007 5:47:35 pm
#588 tahmed, watch your language...we do not take the perjorative achoot lightly.
#588 Posted by tahmed32 on August 8, 2007 5:33:14 pm
#576 arjun: I already gave you the answer to your stupid questions - and I had challenged you to go to my post #436 (the one you keep avoiding as if it was achoot) and tell me how your stupid questions change the realities I put down one bit.
So quit stalling and trying to wiggle away like an eel, and show me you can take a challenge like a man. It is for your own good. Remember: no pain, no gain.
So quit stalling and trying to wiggle away like an eel, and show me you can take a challenge like a man. It is for your own good. Remember: no pain, no gain.
#587 Posted by mohar11 on August 8, 2007 2:48:03 pm
PS: but you have to stop whining and crying muslims being killed by hinuds... you want a fight to the finish [till the last muslim child] - so you should be ready accept the consequences...
#586 Posted by Ranjit on August 8, 2007 2:47:26 pm
Re:borivili
"So this is a long haul train and you will loose if the previous struggles are any example, you can only decide wether you want to loose now or later."
Hahaha!! Sure. In my dreams I also imagine that I am married to Aishwariya Rai. No harm in having fantasies about Kashmir since you will never get it. You can always go to web sites and check out pictures. Hehe!!
"So this is a long haul train and you will loose if the previous struggles are any example, you can only decide wether you want to loose now or later."
Hahaha!! Sure. In my dreams I also imagine that I am married to Aishwariya Rai. No harm in having fantasies about Kashmir since you will never get it. You can always go to web sites and check out pictures. Hehe!!
#585 Posted by mohar11 on August 8, 2007 2:43:53 pm
Borivili
fair enough... you want a fight , we will give you a fight - till the last muslim child...:)
fair enough... you want a fight , we will give you a fight - till the last muslim child...:)
#583 Posted by dost_mittar on August 8, 2007 1:04:54 pm
shishapa, giani:
I do not know the answer to your question. The BJP has shown over the years that it is quite capable of changing its colours to suit the prevalent situation. The reality of the Indian situation is that Muslims hold the balance of power in 100-125 Parliamentary seats and no party can come to power which is actively opposed by them.
I do not know the answer to your question. The BJP has shown over the years that it is quite capable of changing its colours to suit the prevalent situation. The reality of the Indian situation is that Muslims hold the balance of power in 100-125 Parliamentary seats and no party can come to power which is actively opposed by them.
#580 Posted by shishapa on August 8, 2007 12:18:36 pm
DMji,
Do you think if BJP had absolute majority in parliament
it would have repealed/removed the Article 370?
#579 Posted by dost_mittar on August 8, 2007 12:06:00 pm
arjun#571:
"it's kuldip nayyar clones like you who've kept india from taking reasonable steps like repealing article 370..."
How does article 370 prevent the BJP govt. from bombing jihadi training camps in POK? And while article 370 is one of the tragic legacies of Nehru, why did the BJP not do a thing to remove it while it was in power?
"it's kuldip nayyar clones like you who've kept india from taking reasonable steps like repealing article 370..."
How does article 370 prevent the BJP govt. from bombing jihadi training camps in POK? And while article 370 is one of the tragic legacies of Nehru, why did the BJP not do a thing to remove it while it was in power?
#582 Posted by giani_240 on August 8, 2007 12:57:59 pm
Re: # 579
DM Sahib,
you have got to admit that BJP showed class in its restrain and in its attempt to hold out a hand of friendship to Pakistan.
And yes, if it did not have to depend on psuedo secularists for staying in power, Article 370 would have been history.
Boriwilli,
Its easy to become a terrorist and start killing with a blindfold on - call it Jihad peehad or whatever,
DM Sahib,
you have got to admit that BJP showed class in its restrain and in its attempt to hold out a hand of friendship to Pakistan.
And yes, if it did not have to depend on psuedo secularists for staying in power, Article 370 would have been history.
Boriwilli,
Its easy to become a terrorist and start killing with a blindfold on - call it Jihad peehad or whatever,
#578 Posted by borivili_express on August 8, 2007 12:04:53 pm
Nelson Mandela at one point was the most dangerous armed fighter in south africa by your definition he was a terrorist. Any way we dont care, your Jihadi is our freedom fighter and we will keep fighting irrespective of what Musharraf, bush or the indian PM does until the majority of kashmiris get what they want.
#577 Posted by borivili_express on August 8, 2007 11:58:48 am
O hindus are you born morons? 80% of Kashmir has been muslim for hundreds of years now, if they dont want hindus ruling them their struggle is not terorism, just as the Viet Cong's struggle was not terrorism, nor was that of Irish revolutionaries or of the ANC or of hundreds of other struggles.
It is incumbent on every adult muslim male to wage Jihad/armed struggle if his coreligionists are being opressed. and as long as islam and muslims exists this will cotinue wehere ever muslim land is occupied, wether in Palestine, Chechniya or Kashmir.
So this is a long haul train and you will loose if the previous struggles are any example, you can only decide wether you want to loose now or later.
It is incumbent on every adult muslim male to wage Jihad/armed struggle if his coreligionists are being opressed. and as long as islam and muslims exists this will cotinue wehere ever muslim land is occupied, wether in Palestine, Chechniya or Kashmir.
So this is a long haul train and you will loose if the previous struggles are any example, you can only decide wether you want to loose now or later.
#584 Posted by giani_240 on August 8, 2007 1:19:02 pm
Re: # 577
Boriwiili,
we are not born morons. Our parents and their parents and their parents and so on ensured that they were not brothers and sisters or first coursins.
Did yours ?
Boriwiili,
we are not born morons. Our parents and their parents and their parents and so on ensured that they were not brothers and sisters or first coursins.
Did yours ?
#576 Posted by arjun2 on August 8, 2007 11:22:27 am
#573 Posted by tahmed32 on August 8, 2007 11:14:06 am
I asked you a straight forward question. If you've answered it, it shouldn't be so hard to paste the response again... unless you're trying to avoid the question all together because you know you've been exposed as a phony...
I asked you a straight forward question. If you've answered it, it shouldn't be so hard to paste the response again... unless you're trying to avoid the question all together because you know you've been exposed as a phony...
#575 Posted by arjun2 on August 8, 2007 11:18:21 am
#561 Posted by dost_mittar on August 8, 2007 10:37:50 am
On the other hand, your posts merely create/deepen hatred for India/Indias/Hindus among Pakistanis
sure pal..the pakis come to the internet without an ounce of hatred in them...they read my posts and bam!! they turn bat shit crazy..
face it...the politeness and the bhaichara and the we-don't-support-islamic-terrorism thing is just a veneer...scratch the surface and the real paki reveals himself...
it's kuldip nayyar clones like you who've kept india from taking reasonable steps like repealing article 370...
not to worry...people don't live forever.
On the other hand, your posts merely create/deepen hatred for India/Indias/Hindus among Pakistanis
sure pal..the pakis come to the internet without an ounce of hatred in them...they read my posts and bam!! they turn bat shit crazy..
face it...the politeness and the bhaichara and the we-don't-support-islamic-terrorism thing is just a veneer...scratch the surface and the real paki reveals himself...
it's kuldip nayyar clones like you who've kept india from taking reasonable steps like repealing article 370...
not to worry...people don't live forever.
#573 Posted by tahmed32 on August 8, 2007 11:14:06 am
#571 arjun: re-read #543. then read #572. cheers!!
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