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An Indian in Pakistan

Deepak Sapra April 18, 2004

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#174 Posted by veeresh on April 21, 2004 7:54:21 pm
Khamkwa # 159, the basic lungi, much preferred by people of all communities in South India and by Muslims/Hindus/Sikhs etc in Bengal, UP, Punjab has a better chance of displaying the family jewels than does the basic lungi. Surprisingly, while the lungi is associated with Muslims in some parts of India, I did not see any on the street in Pakistan.

Deepak, (author) . . . did you need to spend a lot of time in Delhi for your visa, or make a separate trip from Hyderabad/AP to Delhi first? Just curious. I understand there are some moves afoot to encourage tourism to historical/religious locations basis economic strata of the applicants . . . did you hear anything about that?

Imagine, after all this board has heard about Hyderabad/AP, (usual stuff about riots) you end up taking them to Salarjung Museum and Golconda Fort, before driving to Sultan`s Battery . . . and bring them back for that chicken tongue dish (is it still around?).

Good report, thanks . . . did you get on the motorway, perchance?
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#173 Posted by nooralain on April 21, 2004 7:31:01 pm
HP. .

april fools day has come and gone. on that day your excuse for taunting indians and making ridiculous statements was that you were just playing a joke. what bloody excuse do you have this time?

you cannot win against the great arjuna! no one can! the sooner you realize this, you might actually begin to make sense : )
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#172 Posted by satyamvada on April 21, 2004 6:41:08 pm


Arjun,

The P*ki army also killed thousands of Balochis in the late 70`s into early 80`s.
There was a popular revolt.

The P*kis on this site will never talk about such things. They are only interested
in covering up.
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#171 Posted by rsridhar on April 21, 2004 5:29:23 pm
re:#166 by tahmed32
tahmed sahib,
O.K. I promise u i will try to be less critical and more constructive. But i do not know how long it will last. My personality being what it is, i will soon be jumping up and down at some real/perceived nonsense on board.
Sridhar
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#170 Posted by HP on April 21, 2004 5:29:23 pm

#168 by arjun_m

Douche bag!

You have already accepted that you are sucking up in glory holes w/o a wiener!

First, it was ethnic cleansing in Pakistan. Couldn’t prove it, couldn’t find any link. Now it is Bangladesh. Go find the link and we will deal w/that too.

Next you are gonna blame Muslims for your lost wiener. Okay! go ahead and do it. Just post the link too.


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#169 Posted by arjun_m on April 21, 2004 4:35:35 pm
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#168 Posted by tahmed32 on April 21, 2004 4:35:35 pm
acloudysky #162 to Deepak (is he really from the same country as some of these jerks we have been putting up with?): ``Expect us Pakistanis to be the same always_ warm, fun-loving, and hospitable as ever. ``

Agreed. Basic tempraments dont change.
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#167 Posted by nooralain on April 21, 2004 4:03:19 pm
sadna,
my apologies. it`s not that i misunderstood. i had read all of your posts. . .i understand that that was your response to romair. it was my mistake in haste to omit the equivalent part and the `khhaals` thank you for pointing it out to me. and thank you for the links. : )

mohar,
which is exactly how i feel. . .let us not run away from these facts. isn`t it nice that you and i can finally agree on something?
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#166 Posted by arjun_m on April 21, 2004 2:28:04 pm
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#165 Posted by tahmed32 on April 21, 2004 2:28:04 pm
HP/Ahmedzai: If I may throw in my two bits. Democracy is not a static concept. It evolves. Thus, while it may be OK for now, under the circumstances, to accept the ``guided democracy`` of musharaff, this cant go on for ever. With every year, we should see the people`s voice reflected more and more in the legislature. With every year, we should see the country`s leaders held more and more accountable. Thus, the march towards democracy is perhaps more important in the long run than exactly where we happen to be today.
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#164 Posted by tahmed32 on April 21, 2004 2:28:04 pm
rsridhar: What you say to ahmedzai about being an equal opportunity critic of both India and Pakistan is true. How about taking some time off from criticism, and becoming an equal opportunity appreciater of both countries. Surely there is plenty of things one could fall in love with in either country. Also good for the blood pressure to be more appreciative and less critical of things. (as a doctor, I am sure you will understand the significance of keeping one`s blood pressure down). ;-)
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#163 Posted by khamkhwa. on April 21, 2004 2:28:03 pm
veeresh #137

..the dhoti angle was simply to point out that it is much easier to show the lingum than say dockers...and the paki crowd would have immediately accepted you as a hindu..it`s another thing they would have forcibly converted to islam within no time by a simple operation aka `khatna`...;)
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#162 Posted by sadna on April 21, 2004 2:28:03 pm
nooralain #158
`` would like CREDIBLE SOURCES as to the reports that considerable sums of money from the punjab education budget are going towards the lashkar-e-toiba. please note that i said credible sources. i don`t question sadna`s reference to this. . .``

In #114 I didnot mean to say that money from the Punjab educational budget was going to LeT.

I meant to say an EQUIVALENT of 41% of Punjab educational budget of 2002-2003, or alternately an EQUIVALENT of 9% of Punjab educational budget of 2003-2004 was being donated to LeT voluntarily by average Pakistanis. I pointed out this equivalence in answer to Romair`s statement that average Pakistanis have moved on from their hatred of Indians.


Since I had posted in #89 that the donations to LeT was in the form of sacrificial hides of animals sacrificed at Id, it is not clear how you misunderstood as you apparently have.

One thing I didnot point out was that the Punjab educational budget is for the whole year, while the jihadi collection amount was in January-March 2004, with 9 months more of fund collection.

Here are some related news items:

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_29-1-2004_pg7_11
Jihadis seek Eid donations despite ban

http://www.hindu.com/2004/04/01/stories/2004040106961100.htm
Lashkar still has its way in Pakistan


Punjab educational budget:
http://punjab.gov.pk/education/educationScenario.htm
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#161 Posted by HP on April 21, 2004 2:28:03 pm

#152 by sadna
#154 by arjun_m
#157 by mohar11

#151 by rsridhar
//...So, if i criticize Pak, i am a Paki hater...//

Too bad!! But you are all hate mongers. It runs in your blood!!
Mohar- are you using soap regularly now?
I will not even address the working girl on top!


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#160 Posted by acloudysky on April 21, 2004 2:28:03 pm
Deepak,

You have truly managed to capture the spirit of Lahore!
Had fun reading the article and am so glad to learn you had a blast here!
:)
Expect us Pakistanis to be the same always_ warm, fun-loving, and hospitable as ever.
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#159 Posted by mohar11 on April 21, 2004 2:28:03 pm
#158 by nooralain
//...I am afraid of the actions of the RSS, and .... should i not be? am i anti-indian for thinking this way? ...//

You should be concerned about actions of RSS/VHP. We all are. And NO - you are NOT anti-Indian for thinking that way.

+++++++++++

//...there are those pakistanis present here on chowk who will not paint all hindus as being muslim-killers...//

Gee - thanks. Somehow I have a feeling that indians really don`t give two hoots about how pakis ``paint`` all hindus. It don`t matter either way.

At the end of the day - Indians have a collective responsibility to make sure that no mass murder, likes of what we have seen in Godhra and Gujrat, ever happens again. Which means - hindus have a collective responsibility to prevent Gujrat-type killings ...... and Muslims have a collective responsility to prevent Godhra-type killings......Kashmiri muslims have a collective responsibility towards Pundits...... Christisn majority in Nagaland or wherever have similar responsibility towards minority hindus in their area.

Similarly - Pakis have collective responsibility to make sure Jihadis and other assorted terrorists donot cross over to India to kill and create havoc.

Let`s not run away from these facts.
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