The Other Asian Woman

This was such an amazing poem. I immediately read Dear God and The Never-Ending Story afterwards. It seems like you wrote the story of my life. The weirdest thing is that i`m a 22 year old who`s probably spent 3 months in Karachi all together...and that was probably before the age of 5...and it still seemed peculiar to hear your story in someone else`s words. If i ever came back to the homeland, you`d definitely be one of the first people i`d wanna touch base with.

nasah #48 That was indeed good advice for the two countries to tackle doable things like more inter-cultural exchanges and so forth to change the tone of relations between the two countries. In Kashmir, they should call a truce and work together to end the violence for now. And then have a plebiscite in Kashmir as well as in India and in Pakistan to see what the majority of the people think should be the solution. I would bet that people in Kashmir as well as in India and in Pakistan will vote first and foremost for an option that offers peace for all.

My own vote would be to make both parts of Kashmir an independent territory whose security is guaranteed by both India and Pakistan and which operates as a democracy along the line of the Swiss confederation - with local self-governments being the most powerful arm of the government, and no military and a central government that is hardly seen or heard and does only things like standards setting and ensuring protection of the basic rights of all individual by the local self-governments.

This may sound like a radical solution - but isnt it time we in South Asia started using our minds rather than slavishly following the options presented in Political Science textbooks

News Flash

``Lt. Gen. Ghulam Ahmed dies in road accident: ISLAMABAD, Aug 24: Lieutenant General Ghulam Ahmed Khan, Chief of Staff to the Chief Executive and President died in a traffic accident near Talagang today afternoon. He was returning to Islamabad after completion of leave, says an ISPR press release.``

Is this a warning from the fundos -- to Mr. Chief Excutive/President -- beware?

zeemax...thanks :)

Kaneez Rehman :

I think your piece is introspective, bold and a reflection of realities on the ground. I like it.

As for the criticism, here`s what I have to say :

``Everybody`s talkin` at me, can`t hear a word they`re sayin`

Only the echoes of my mind.

People stop and stare, I can`t see their faces

Only the shadows of their eyes.

I`m going where the Sun keeps shinin`, through the falling Rain.

Goin` where the weather suits my clothes.

Makin` West of the North East winds, sailin` on a summer dream.

Skippin` over the oceans .. like a stone.``

[Theme song from Midnight Cowboy. Harry Nillson]

Rgds

this article is SAD and the person who wrote it needs to get a life and do something original, oh yes and learn to write as this is total crap and has no purpose

I`m sorry, I dont know if it me being shallow or even simple but first of all I dont understand the logic behind this piece, second neither do any of my co-workers. I think there is a sllight difference between honest and goriffic/vulgar. I think she is def on the goriffic side.

Someone wanna shed some light on this what am I missing?

What a nice piece. What`s most tragic however, is not the pain in the poem, but the responses that followed. Too bad we don`t even have the strength to listen. We are more damned than we care to admit.

So sad.

Sadism at its peak.

Ough.

hamidm #67 Please be sure to add some padeena and mirch to the alu-keema while stirring it, brother Hamid. Then all of us dethroned men can get together and eat your fine cooking and remember the good old days when men were men and sheep - I mean women - were afraid.

Lubna #64,

You violent girl youuuuuu! And here I thought you were an intellectual little sweetie pie ;).

lubna ji

...... i would love to throw ``the book`` at these binat-ul-iblees... these sisters of that false prophetess Gloria Stenheim - may her soul suffer eternal damnation - but for now i will simply quote the true prophet :

Put on your red dress baby `cause we`re going out tonight

Wear your boxing gloves in case some fool might wanna fight

Put on your high heeled sneakers and put your wig hat on your head

May not win a prize, I`m pretty sure you`re gonna knock them dead

..................you have come a long way baby, but always remember that He has entrusted us with the right and responsibility of keeping you on the right path :

[4.34] Men are the maintainers of women because Allah has made some of them to excel others and because they spend out of their property; the good women are therefore obedient, guarding the unseen as Allah has guarded; and (as to) those on whose part you fear desertion, admonish them, and leave them alone in the sleeping-places and beat them; then if they obey you, do not seek a way against them; surely Allah is High, Great.

............ i only wish my wife, the practicing Muslima, would pay heed to what she supposedly believes in ....... but, i guess it is my fault for allowing her to wear pants and makeup and discard the hijab and go braless and flaunt a driver`s licence and voter`s registration card......we do it to ourselves...

..... Brothers Unite ! ........ while i go and stir the aloo keema and sneak in a drink and convince my kids that it is okay to tell the Sunday School teacher that it is possible to believe in Evolution and still be a Believer .......what a web we weave !

Awakening Hopeful #49:

I feel flattered for being replied to in such detail.Thanks.

you wrote;

``..your post here #9 tells everything that I need to know about you!..``

well thats a high claim madam.but if true, than there must be something wrong with me:)

`Here`s a sigh to those who love me,

And a smile to those who hate;

And,whatever sky`s above me,

Here`s a heart for any fate.`

--Byron.

``do you really believe in human rights..``

well..whats in my heart only GOD knows..but yes I am yet to prove my commitment to the cause!

`If I can stop one heart from breaking,

I shall not live in vain;

if I can ease one life the aching,

Or cool one pain,

Or help one fainting robin

Unto his nest again,

I shall not live in vain.`

--Emily Dickinson.

``..I think ... I know ... your children ... too ... since you mentioned that it was the message that you wanted to send to your father in Karachi ... some time ago ...``

well madam I think there is some misunderstanding here..i don`t get what you are trying to convey.

maybe its just my immature brain, about to venture out of its last year in teens:)

``..sorry guy ... my thread is made of silk ... and your unraveling ``it`` will only break the ``it`` too.``

Do I need to say sorry too..?..:)

Hopeful,

I think, therefore i am.

Taimur Altaf Malik.

Awakening Hopeful #49:

I feel flattered for being replied to in such detail.Thanks.

you wrote;

``..your post here #9 tells everything that I need to know about you!..``

well thats a high claim madam.but if true, than there must be something wrong with me:)

`Here`s a sigh to those who love me,

And a smile to those who hate;

And,whatever sky`s above me,

Here`s a heart for any fate.`

--Byron.

``do you really believe in human rights..``

well..whats in my heart only GOD knows..but yes I am yet to prove my commitment to the cause!

`If I can stop one heart from breaking,

I shall not live in vain;

if I can ease one life the aching,

Or cool one pain,

Or help one fainting robin

Unto his nest again,

I shall not live in vain.`

--Emily Dickinson.

``..I think ... I know ... your children ... too ... since you mentioned that it was the message that you wanted to send to your father in Karachi ... some time ago ...``

well madam I think there is some misunderstanding here..i don`t get what you are trying to convey.

maybe its just my immature brain, about to venture out of its last year in teens:)

``..sorry guy ... my thread is made of silk ... and your unraveling ``it`` will only break the ``it`` too.``

Do I need to say sorry too..?..:)

Hopeful,

I think, therefore i am.

Taimur Altaf Malik.

scout #61:

oh dear... pass me the kleenex pleeeeeaase!! i`m in tears - i feel the pain as well - toooo painful for me.... on the floor because i can`t take it aneeemore!!! scout... watchout for the bullets! and you too AH...