An Untouchable Apology #105 Don`t be so harsh on the old man - he can only vent on anonymous web sites..

Unkilji, do you mind using my nick name? Soyf$%*ingsauce takes too long to type.

India, Pakistan and the Kashmir dispute #219 madaniji
You should also be wary of indian music - it could be a device to soften you up before we unleash our trojan horses. Remember, just because you`re paranoid, it doesn`t mean we are not out to get you.

#210 hamidm2
Was that supposed to be witty? Christmas shopping must be weighing you down and you must be having one too many.

India, Pakistan and the Kashmir dispute #177 ``exclusing non-kashmiris`` should read ``excluding non-natives``

India, Pakistan and the Kashmir dispute #158 hamidm2
India is not even squatting on the land - unlike china in tibet and pak in kashmir & gilgit, india has a deliberate policy of exclusing non-kashmiris from settling in kashmir. If anything, hindu and buddhist kashmiris have largely been driven out of the valley and now they are squatting in places like dilli.

Bio-Science at the Crossroads #6 ntsyed, majumdar can speak for himself - but i don`t think he`s claiming hindus invented cloning, rather it`s not an anathema to them.

An Untouchable Apology #64 unkilji,
Because that`s how it is. Learn to deal with it. Take more prozac.

The Quality Of Pakistani Research Dear author,
I think you must distinguish between education in basic sciences versus research. It is absolutely necessary to impart good, fundamental science education at the school and undergraduate level. This gives the requisite grounding so the student can go on to work on anything else. I must disagree with you however that you need to have research work ongoing in basic sciences with your country to make possible advances in applied sciences. Since science is not bounded by national borders, it makes no sense for a 3rd world country to waste its resources producing Ph.D (diploma) holders in basic sciences so there can be a culture of research work. If you look at korea, taiwan or even japan, R&D in engg & applied sciences came first and once they had developed the necessary base that would require heavy investment in fundamental work, they started emphasizing the latter. There is no need to reinvent the wheel.
My own experience with research scientists and engineers is that a Ph.D is not synonymous with innovation and cleverness. Once you have the grasp of the fundamentals and have good problem solving skills, a very good undergraduate education is sufficient in most cases.

Sex and Censorship in the Cinema #72 raziab9
I know what i wrote. I can read as well as i can write. You are either speaking in riddles or you have a screw loose. I have no use for either one.

Re-Imagining Pakistan #356 I think taikonaut is saying in a convoluted way that this was not simply a religious argument in favor of pakistan but also an economic argument. Those favoring free market got out - in his peculiar reading of history. He may not be too far off mark tho - if you see free market as preservation of mughlai.

Re-Imagining Pakistan #354
Whats with show-shaw-lism? Is this some clever word play I`m missing?
If you apply free market theory to developing economies you get a different kind of shit but shit nonetheless.
The argument with respect to india could be that congress was in favor of changing the status quo whereas the league wanted to preserve zamindari and feudalism.
Free market when a large section of the society is severely depressed is neither free nor fair. Independence was an opportunity to change things and indian politicians took a gamble. After all, the soviets were up and coming and were thought to be on par with the western economies. They had slayed the dragon of feudalism.

Sex and Censorship in the Cinema #69 ok, you`re just another crackpot.

Re-Imagining Pakistan #351 what`s Hindi economy?
BTW socialism /= communism

Re-Imagining Pakistan #346 hamidmji, assuming that the arrival of the brits and everything flowing from it was a blessing, you should not be complaining about anything at all. After all, every present event can be theoretically traced back to the raj - this is a silly argument to justify status quo under all circumstances. You should not even be in favor of Hoodbhoy`s arguments.

Re-Imagining Pakistan #341 taikonaut, i don`t particularly care for this your-man-bad-my-man-good type argument. If there`s a threat to secularism the answer is more secularism not less. Why did Jinnah become a religious bigot himself if he was fighting religious bigotry?

Truth Behind US-India Nuclear Deal #70 madani ji,
That was awesome! Does this mumbo-jumbo work only in english?
In my native language of tamil, with 247 characters, india would add up to 200+ numerologically. What is the significance of that i wonder. Is something really terrible going to happen in 200 seconds, minutes, days, weeks, months or years?
You are a great guy but like all chowk pakis you set a very high standard for everyone else. You have been playing the victim a bit too long.

Re-Imagining Pakistan #318
I don`t have much to say whether indian-style democracy is inherently virtuous - altho as a practical matter it leads to compromise which is the glue holding the union together - but i would take exception to you citing the behavior of a set of indians as somehow reflective of how things work on the ground - this is naive in the extreme.