Chowk@Five

DRUMZ #85,


whoa, what`s this? what does sadna have that i don`t? i even bought a dress for our impending betrothal.....what the hell am i gonna do with it


shankar bhia,


don`t worry about me, convents are better than men these days ;)

Kudos to Chowk staff on their dedication to having a community. It amazes me that when many dot coms have dropped out or have converted to subscription sites and then have dropped out, you still keep going. Must be that you really love sadhana, urstruly & ylh :)

People here crib a lot when things are slow. That`s the price you pay for producing a bunch of addicts..

Happy Birthday Chowk and Members of Chowk!!

I am very happy to be a member of this Pakistani group. There are some very good ideas that are discussed on this forum. The people on this forum range from the terrorists to peace loving. I am very impressed that this forum does not enforce/mandate censorship, and accepts all comers, regardless of their point of view. This is the nice thing about Chowk that we can be free to discuss our views. Also, there is no senior or junior member of chowk. All members are equal and are free to express their point of view. This is very nice and very Islamic. Eventhough many chowkies are unIslamic in their viewpoint and behavior. A vigourous debate is always a good thing and hopefully we can learn form each other and respect each other. I just hope the calm voices of the peace loving members will overcome the rantings and ravings of the terrorists.

On this happy occasion, I would like to say that I am sorry if I have offended some of you chowkies, but all what I have said is from my heart. I do not regret it and I hope you will come to appreciate my point of view in time.

Peace by brother in Pakistan, India and all over the world.

P.S.: To editors: In your statistics it would be nice to know the demographics of chowk. Who is from where and what is the age groups of the members.

Dear Chowk and Chokers lol ..

Happy Anniversery!

One recommendation, you need to attract more people!..We need some new blood, you should fix term limits for people like myself, temporal Omair etc etc...lol!

Best wishes again!

August 14 & 15 Blues?


MOSQUE OR TEMPLE?

The Indus and the Ganges shed few tears of joy
Can one imagine the Taj Mahal without admirers?
While a Brahmin says that the age of great people is over
The multitudes wait for messiahs at
The Shalimar Gardens reserved for VIP’s
Bring your own mirrors to the Sheesh Mahal they say.

Old and new dynasties suffer blow after blow
Unfortunately this is not a kushti/wrestling show
While a warrior Shivaji watches Rustam do battle
Tired soldiers shoot at Midnight’s Children as
The battlefield has now reached the qalandar/minstrel
Who only wanted to recite Urdu poems.

History they say is pregnant once again
Multiple births, the wise old ladies predict
But they have been wrong before says the hakeem/doctor
Herbal medicine will control the birth rate and
The pulse of the mareez/patient has been felt
Indigestion from eating at Delhi’s Chandni Chowk.

Yet peace will make a comeback “as always” says the shaayir/poet
Such burning tragedy is embedded in our tandoori bread flour with
An explanation that has already been written in Sindhi
A translation is in the works at a London suburb but
All this hate is blind says a Sufi/Mystic
Mosque or Temple, please mix your spirits with great care.


Ras H. Siddiqui

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Happy Birthday Chowk,

To that special staff person, who we are told, has to do late night diaper changes....you are the greatest person on Chowk; thankyou!.. I hope, for a change, you are a S.Asian MALE!!:)

chowk is an addiction alrite, even when all the articles say the same thing over and over again....and even when all the interactors say the same thing over and over gain....when u`re hooked, u want to come here over and over again, even against ur intelligence and will sometimes.

happy birthday chowk, and a big high five to the editors for keeping it kicking.

Happy birthday chowk, and glad you plan to stick around for five more years (at least). And thanks for providing facilities to promote this wonderful new form of communication - the internet. As per the news item today, they have identified the ``speech gene``, which is unique to humans and which came into being about 200,000 years ago - about the same time that mankind in its present form came into being. This signifies, I think, the fundamental importance of communication to human progress. And the internet will no doubt ultimately have as big an impact on human society as development of speech - thus, to state the most obvious, it will be hard to demonize the ``enemy country`` if the populace can communicate with one another. So, chowk is part of a fundamental revolution in human affairs, I think.

And for that reason I wish you all success. I do think that for success chowk exercises a bit more of it`s role as moderator (i.e. by ensuring that posts stick to it`s stated guidelines), rather than the laissez-faire policy it currently seems to have. It would require more effort, but ultimately it would make chowk a more effective forum for thoughtful discussion. Otherwise, Gresham`s Law (bad currency drives out good currency) would ultimately apply I think.

The above are some thoughts on fine-tuning the management of chowk, and certainly I certainly hope that this is done while retaining the basic spirit of letting all viewpoints come through on chowk.

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Hippo birdies to yooo

Hippo birdies to yooooo

Hippo birdieees dar Chowwwwwwwwwk

Hippo birdies to yooooooooow.

And; THU,NKS for lattingme, b,e ME!

Your fann

Lajwanti

PS Slaaaaaaaam!

A big fat mubarak-baad to the Chowk staff on the fifth birthday of the site. It`s been a pleasure witnessing both the wisdom and whimsy (sometimes the same) that Chowk fosters. Looking forward to many more. Jeetay rahein.

...dear chowk...happy birthday...it has been/continues to be a great ride:)....

Happy Birthday Chowk

lots of hugs and kisses to Chowk Staff & readers

Cheers

Chowk walon ko bohat bohat mubarak =o)

and here`s an extra `thank you` to Chowk for reaffirming my faith (in who else but myself?) and for unclogging the word drainpipe...

rgds,

Samina

Ref Lajwanti #: 28

[Hippo birdies to yooo]

That should be ``Hippo birdies two ewe``.