Mahim Maher February 26, 2001
#138 Posted by Eklavya on March 8, 2001 8:21:04 am
# 115 Studebaker
I am grateful you took the time to reply to me in a thoughtful manner.
I won`t bore you with long statements. Let me only build on what you wrote.
Hindus and Muslims (and others as well) should try to understand each other`s fears, hopes, and memories. I see you are afraid that Hindus are trying to turn the clock back to some earlier period. You are determined to hold on to things you feel you have gained.
Hindus and Muslims should both arrive at some sort of solution in which both are able to get a few things they value and give a few things to the other in the spirit of brotherhood. For this to happen, we need the WILLING cooperation of everyone. It can not be all one sided, either all Hindu or all Muslim.
Let me provoke you for a moment. I hope you will not be angry. You are afraid of losing things you gained. Should Hindus not get a few of the things they have lost for a thousand years?
If we think of the emotional needs of both Hindus and Muslims, we can find a way to forge a great future together.
PS: Earlier, I had asked a question in all seriousness. You mentioned that all Buddhist viharas and stupas were forcibly converted by Hindus into temples during a particular period. Is there any reliable source of information on that? I have always believed that Hinduism has not, broadly, been aflicted by the curse that many other religions have suffered - large-scale and systematic destruction of other people`s religious places as a matter of religiously prescribed or state policy. At worst, there might have been an odd king or two in some places.
I would really want to know if I am wrong.
I am grateful you took the time to reply to me in a thoughtful manner.
I won`t bore you with long statements. Let me only build on what you wrote.
Hindus and Muslims (and others as well) should try to understand each other`s fears, hopes, and memories. I see you are afraid that Hindus are trying to turn the clock back to some earlier period. You are determined to hold on to things you feel you have gained.
Hindus and Muslims should both arrive at some sort of solution in which both are able to get a few things they value and give a few things to the other in the spirit of brotherhood. For this to happen, we need the WILLING cooperation of everyone. It can not be all one sided, either all Hindu or all Muslim.
Let me provoke you for a moment. I hope you will not be angry. You are afraid of losing things you gained. Should Hindus not get a few of the things they have lost for a thousand years?
If we think of the emotional needs of both Hindus and Muslims, we can find a way to forge a great future together.
PS: Earlier, I had asked a question in all seriousness. You mentioned that all Buddhist viharas and stupas were forcibly converted by Hindus into temples during a particular period. Is there any reliable source of information on that? I have always believed that Hinduism has not, broadly, been aflicted by the curse that many other religions have suffered - large-scale and systematic destruction of other people`s religious places as a matter of religiously prescribed or state policy. At worst, there might have been an odd king or two in some places.
I would really want to know if I am wrong.
#137 Posted by krashid on March 8, 2001 12:56:19 am
Jawahara #119
Looks like you are an editor on chowk. Living in Connecticut.
That can make anyone a word churner and not a literate.
Behind good literature is not only a lot of experience, but lot of observation and only the final part is how to present it.
I am pretty sure you will find a story dumb where the contradiction in society and a person`s thinking regarding himself and others has different criteria. (Any way that dumb writer of short stories got acolade for his book from Farman Fatehpuri and others if you know who they are).
Particularly it cannot compare with a talented story where a girl while watching porn is putting a finger in her crotch and at the very movement someone knocks at the door. What a great story.
I am sorry, I am yet unaware of good literature and had wasted most of my life with unnecessary words.
Looks like you are an editor on chowk. Living in Connecticut.
That can make anyone a word churner and not a literate.
Behind good literature is not only a lot of experience, but lot of observation and only the final part is how to present it.
I am pretty sure you will find a story dumb where the contradiction in society and a person`s thinking regarding himself and others has different criteria. (Any way that dumb writer of short stories got acolade for his book from Farman Fatehpuri and others if you know who they are).
Particularly it cannot compare with a talented story where a girl while watching porn is putting a finger in her crotch and at the very movement someone knocks at the door. What a great story.
I am sorry, I am yet unaware of good literature and had wasted most of my life with unnecessary words.
#134 Posted by scout on March 7, 2001 8:46:01 pm
Rsaxena,
I know, deep down, you`re a good person. Behind the heavy armor of harsh words, there lies a beautiful heart. Let the beauty of your heart shine through the armor.
Lay down your weapons and embrace love for all people, of every race, of every religion, and sexual orientation.
Be a warrior of love instead of a warrior of hate.
I will (sincerely) pray to God for your well being and future happiness.
Where is the person I once happily chatted with about NY Bridges and Ferragamo shoes?
peace
scout
I know, deep down, you`re a good person. Behind the heavy armor of harsh words, there lies a beautiful heart. Let the beauty of your heart shine through the armor.
Lay down your weapons and embrace love for all people, of every race, of every religion, and sexual orientation.
Be a warrior of love instead of a warrior of hate.
I will (sincerely) pray to God for your well being and future happiness.
Where is the person I once happily chatted with about NY Bridges and Ferragamo shoes?
peace
scout
#132 Posted by rsaxena on March 7, 2001 8:46:01 pm
Re: shrink
Wow. I am honored that you`ve devoted 5 paragraphs to me. I must push your buttons very well.
``It burns him that I get along well with nonbigots on Chowk``
Hehe. It ``burns`` me? You think I give a hoot if you wanna stick your tongue where the sun don`t shine?
Wow. I am honored that you`ve devoted 5 paragraphs to me. I must push your buttons very well.
``It burns him that I get along well with nonbigots on Chowk``
Hehe. It ``burns`` me? You think I give a hoot if you wanna stick your tongue where the sun don`t shine?
#131 Posted by haniya on March 7, 2001 9:17:43 am
I`ve been reading articles and replies on chowk for a long time now. But this kind of petty mid-slinging at each other`s religions really goes beyond any limit. I mean, what`re you people achieving by posting these stupid(I can think of no other word to describe these remarks) replies, aside from a smug grin on how abosolutely celever you`ve been. I mean, come off it! Camels in Mecca and a stinking Indian on a subway in NYC?
As for the Taliban, I beg of everyone to please STOP equating them with the world of Islam in general. These people are, well, different. Most, if not all have lived since childhood in Madrassay, brought up by illiterate mullahs. What is one to expect?
And if anyone expects them to see reason in not destroying the Buddha statues, forget it. They just think like the rest of us. And I`m very serious.
As for the destruction of art, be it of religious, historical, sentimental, any sort of significance, destorying art is a heinous crime. Afghanistan was once the centre of art, literature, and music for Central and even South Asia. The city of Herat was known for it`s culture and beauty. That was all razed thanks to the combined powers of the ex-Soviet Union, the grand old United States d`Amerique and our very own Pakistan. Why does war justify this kind of destruction?
Umm...I see I have strayed. Beyond repair. I`ll leave it at this. Please repects all religion, all art, and all knowledge.
Thanks for listening to me rant. :)
cheers
haniya
As for the Taliban, I beg of everyone to please STOP equating them with the world of Islam in general. These people are, well, different. Most, if not all have lived since childhood in Madrassay, brought up by illiterate mullahs. What is one to expect?
And if anyone expects them to see reason in not destroying the Buddha statues, forget it. They just think like the rest of us. And I`m very serious.
As for the destruction of art, be it of religious, historical, sentimental, any sort of significance, destorying art is a heinous crime. Afghanistan was once the centre of art, literature, and music for Central and even South Asia. The city of Herat was known for it`s culture and beauty. That was all razed thanks to the combined powers of the ex-Soviet Union, the grand old United States d`Amerique and our very own Pakistan. Why does war justify this kind of destruction?
Umm...I see I have strayed. Beyond repair. I`ll leave it at this. Please repects all religion, all art, and all knowledge.
Thanks for listening to me rant. :)
cheers
haniya
#130 Posted by haniya on March 7, 2001 9:17:43 am
The only thought that struck me when I read this little piece wasm ``Oh, I didn`t get that..`
Nit then I thought it might be interesting to read the replies. I certainly wasn`t ready for all taht I read there.
I find it exceedingly sad how frightened people, and Pakistanis in particular are frightened of losing their ``identities``, in anyway whatsoever. Chill out people. It`s literature. It might not be to your liking, or you might not have any experience with this kind of work. But the writer has a license for free art.
And if the chowk editors let it in, who`s anyone to complain?
Open up those minds and let some sun in! Things are getting mouldy in there.
cheers
Haniya
Nit then I thought it might be interesting to read the replies. I certainly wasn`t ready for all taht I read there.
I find it exceedingly sad how frightened people, and Pakistanis in particular are frightened of losing their ``identities``, in anyway whatsoever. Chill out people. It`s literature. It might not be to your liking, or you might not have any experience with this kind of work. But the writer has a license for free art.
And if the chowk editors let it in, who`s anyone to complain?
Open up those minds and let some sun in! Things are getting mouldy in there.
cheers
Haniya
#129 Posted by sb on March 7, 2001 9:17:43 am
Asim #114:
A (brahmin) acquaintance from UP was there recently due to a death in the family, he was talking about the ghats and the water in the hills.
``at places i.e precisely the volume occupied by a lepton(a subatomic particle, whose existnce is very much under debate)``
Have you seen the river?
On second thoughts, dont bother to answer, maybe I just wrote that to indirectly say that you dont have such a river in Pakistan, I am sure Jagdeep would agree.
A (brahmin) acquaintance from UP was there recently due to a death in the family, he was talking about the ghats and the water in the hills.
``at places i.e precisely the volume occupied by a lepton(a subatomic particle, whose existnce is very much under debate)``
Have you seen the river?
On second thoughts, dont bother to answer, maybe I just wrote that to indirectly say that you dont have such a river in Pakistan, I am sure Jagdeep would agree.
#128 Posted by shankar on March 7, 2001 9:17:43 am
scout,
OK, its a deal:)
Just remember; the jerk thrives on baiting/provoking people to bring out the worst in them. He LOVES it when Chowkies take his insults personally.
Why do you think we LOVE our hatred for each other?:) It just grinds him that I laugh at his insults. It burns him that I get along well with nonbigots on Chowk. His accusation that I beg people to be my friend is a beauty!
If you really want to hurt Saxena, praise the living daylights out of him! (How anyone could do that, I havent a clue!). Thats his vulnerable psychological button. He goes into a corner & starts sulking with his Shiv Sena books. Of course, he will superciliously laugh at that & deny it to the hilt!
Like I said, I`ve put a hex on him. His parents are going to find him a nice hindu girl, who has your personality. He will wholeheartedly agree with the match. Its no secret that he`s subconciously attracted to your personality (watch him erupt at that statement:))!.
Haha--now thats going to be a suhag raat to remember!! He`ll go through married life with castration anxiety plastered all over his mug!
OK, its a deal:)
Just remember; the jerk thrives on baiting/provoking people to bring out the worst in them. He LOVES it when Chowkies take his insults personally.
Why do you think we LOVE our hatred for each other?:) It just grinds him that I laugh at his insults. It burns him that I get along well with nonbigots on Chowk. His accusation that I beg people to be my friend is a beauty!
If you really want to hurt Saxena, praise the living daylights out of him! (How anyone could do that, I havent a clue!). Thats his vulnerable psychological button. He goes into a corner & starts sulking with his Shiv Sena books. Of course, he will superciliously laugh at that & deny it to the hilt!
Like I said, I`ve put a hex on him. His parents are going to find him a nice hindu girl, who has your personality. He will wholeheartedly agree with the match. Its no secret that he`s subconciously attracted to your personality (watch him erupt at that statement:))!.
Haha--now thats going to be a suhag raat to remember!! He`ll go through married life with castration anxiety plastered all over his mug!
#127 Posted by rsaxena on March 7, 2001 9:17:43 am
Re: shrink
Ohhhh, shankaran the pervert is here to defend ``cute jalapeno.`` I am scared now...I better back-off before he uses his immense wit to get me.
Ohhhh, shankaran the pervert is here to defend ``cute jalapeno.`` I am scared now...I better back-off before he uses his immense wit to get me.
#126 Posted by rsaxena on March 7, 2001 9:17:43 am
Does anyone know of any good studies evaluating the impact of widespread cousin marriages in Pakistan? What are the psychological impacts of this form of inbreeding?
#125 Posted by PM on March 7, 2001 9:17:43 am
jus` wonderin`....
Do Pakistani or Pakistani-American doctors work like four-hour shifts a day in New England? :-)
Do Pakistani or Pakistani-American doctors work like four-hour shifts a day in New England? :-)
#124 Posted by scout on March 7, 2001 12:29:31 am
shankar bhai #123,
ok, i`ll refrain from now on, but no guarantees.
if he provokes me too much, he`s gonna get it.
but i`ll try for you.
ok, i`ll refrain from now on, but no guarantees.
if he provokes me too much, he`s gonna get it.
but i`ll try for you.
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