From Agra To Niagara Excellent article! Simple and without any gimmicks (something which quite a few writers on Chowk are prone to use) but effectively gets the writers emotions across! Great job, made me reminisce about my past!

What Osama gave Muslims A very weird article!! What is your point?? You seem to be doing exactly what Bush/Blair are doing i.e. holding one man responsible for everything going wrong with the world!! You talk about how Osama should have worked for the welfare of his countrymen and the Afghans, why??? Welfare is not the responsibility of philanthropists or the third sector (ngos), it is the responsibility of the state and sadly in both the countries in question, the state is completely ineffective and uninterested when it comes to social welfare. So please stop blaming Osama and try to understand the dynamics of the global war on `terror`!!!

What is Pakistan to me? siddiqui0032 rethink what?? what is your fascination with India? to tell u the truth it is far from what you see in those bollywood flicks!! u devour all the crap they sell on those flicks and now you have built this wondorous magnificent enchanted picture of India in your head, reality is go to any slum in any major pakistani city and multiply it by a billion and voila INDIA!!!

What is Pakistan to me? Well said Yousafzai, my sentiments exactly...f**kin indian w***ker!!

The Driving Ideology Behind Al Qaeda I agree with the premise of your article, however I do find your viewpoint on OBL subjective and uninformed to say the least. But your argument that Islam has been used as a smoke screen to push for revolutionary change certainly makes sense. I wouldn`t call it a smoke screen but more of an ideological basis for a social movement. If we glance at the political landscape of muslim countries, the absence of a out and out social party is notable in a majority of cases and therefore it is no surprise that religious parties are thriving by `selling` the socialist aspects of Islam to the masses.

Kingdom Come What are you trying to communicate? A dildo-induced orgasm???