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Articles with tag: Colonial

Nirad Babu's Ghost

Prodyumna Goutam   Jul 1, 2008   interacts: 9

His (Nirad C. Chaudhuri's) discourse could effortlessly vacillate between, say, the role of the Kama sutra in the Indian psyche to the merits of a Chateau d'Yquem.

Relevance of English Studies in India

nilanshu agarwal   Aug 20, 2007   interacts: 4

The need of the hour is to decolonise our English Studies by judging English literary texts not by European critical tools, but by Indian critical theories.

Indian Exceptionalism: Colonial Stereotypes and Postcolonial Realities

Rohit Chopra   Oct 25, 2007   interacts: 96

Indian exceptionalism manifests itself as nationalist, chauvinist, and fundamentalist sentiment, often mingling unhealthily with other kinds of closed-minded imperatives.

The Future of Iraq

Bhaskar Dasgupta   Jul 21, 2007   interacts: 37

The future of Iraq is dicey, it will fly apart at the seam simply because it does not have a national ethos nor it has strong visionary men leading it.

Sanskritization, de-Sanskritization and Colonial Rule

Aparna Pande   Apr 19, 2007   interacts: 103

The British did not ‘invent’ the caste system but what they did do was to make it the primary basis of social classification.

Jab Mr. Singh Ko Gussa Charta Hai

J Bhullar   Jul 25, 2005   interacts: 30

On Mr. Manmohan Singh’s acceptance speech of the honorary degree at Oxford University on July 8, 2005.

From Jinnah to Jamali

Farrukh Khan   May 2, 2004   interacts: 93

Pakistan is not a failed state; the magnitude of our failure is much bigger than that. Pakistan is the name of a bankrupt culture that has been rotting since the fall of the Moghal Empire.

On the Miltary Farms, Okara

Rafay Alam   Jul 3, 2003   interacts: 21

The Government’s inaction in the face of the reported brutalities carried out by the Military authorities and Pakistan Rangers in forcing the tenants of the Military Farms, Okara to execute the new “cash rent” system is criminal.

The Follies of the Natives

Feroz R Khan   Jun 12, 2003   interacts: 136

A circus called Pakistan

Terror in Okara

Pervez Hoodbhoy   May 23, 2003   interacts: 53

Pakistan cannot bear the shock of nearly a million of its own people being dispossessed

On the Assertion of Rights

Rafay Alam   May 9, 2003   interacts: 17

Why Pakistan’s institutions are ass backwards

Origins of the Modern World Capitalist Economy

Taimur Rahman   Apr 10, 2003   interacts: 9

The Great Game for Central Asian Oil

Taimur Rahman   Apr 5, 2003   interacts: 41

The Imperialist Ring from Yugoslavia to Afghanistan

Excavating India

Farzana Versey   Mar 13, 2003   interacts: 140

I say, thank god for Babar, for the dear departed Mughal badshah has revealed how the purring cats are jumping on a hot tin roof.

USA and Muslims

Sameer    Jan 9, 2003   interacts: 213

Muslim extremists generally dislike non-Muslims and they hate various people at local level

A Work In Progress

Feroz R Khan   Jan 6, 2003   interacts: 95

Jinnah put Pakistan in such a location that the future state would always be involved in the geo-politics of world

Lessons from Constitutional History

Jawaid Siddiqi   Oct 30, 2002   interacts: 54

But we never seem to learn from history

Of Evil Zionists and the Great Satan

Asad Zaidi   Jul 3, 2002   interacts: 271

The impotent fury of the Muslim world

Of Violent Birth and Peaceful Death

Ali Hasan Cemendtaur   May 19, 2002   interacts: 270

I have a dream for South Asia

A Reason For Change

Feroz R Khan   Jan 1, 2002   interacts: 21

What is really interesting about Marianne Pearl’s interview with CNN is not what she said

The Clash Of Un-Civilizations And Osama-ism

Urstruly    Nov 30, 2001   interacts: 481

It is misleading to think and give an impression that these issues will just disappear if Osama is captured or killed today.

Jihad: Paradoxes and Defining Moments

Urstruly    Sep 30, 2001   interacts: 731

There will always be a lunatic fringe in the Muslim society

Reforming the Armed Forces

Mushahid Hussain   Jun 10, 2001   interacts: 353

Like any institution in a status quo society, the Armed Forces badly need reforms as well.

Indians and Pakistanis Must Start Anew

Udayakumar    Jun 27, 2000   interacts: 228

The richest resource on the earth can only be human resources

Pakistan: A Failed State?

Bilal Ahmad   Feb 4, 2000   interacts: 470

If Sethi’s diagnosis has some merit, Pakistan is a potentially failed state.

In Defence of Benevolent Dictators

Noor Ahmed   Nov 22, 1999   interacts: 217

More democracy ? More of the same ? No thanks

Our Man From Delhi

Veeresh Malik   Oct 17, 1999   interacts: 22

saade dilli daa mundaa hai jee

Save India

Veer Kumar   Jul 27, 1999   interacts: 52

A martial law administration has to take over the country

Nuclear powers can count too!

Mohammad A Syed   May 13, 1999   interacts: 9

Can we implement a new census at the dawn of the new millenium?

Need for a Confederation

Soumitra Bose   Feb 21, 1999   interacts: 30

India had never been a Nation, it is still not one

A Forgotten Incident

Feroz R Khan   Jan 2, 1999   interacts: 9

India and Pakistan go to war!

Giving Way to Intolerance

Mehdi Hasan   Sep 14, 1998   interacts: 12

During the last many years, religious intolerance and sectarian fanaticism have created a war-like situation in Pakistan

The Intellectual Imperative

Saad Shafqat   Apr 24, 1998   interacts: 26

As a people and a nation, Pakistan’s need for intellectual direction has never been greater. So where are the intellectuals?

Gender and Literacy in Pakistan

S Y Hussain   Jan 3, 1998   interacts: 2

By looking at agendas and practices of some organizations involved with women’s literacy in Pakistan this paper attempts to clarify ideas related to gender, assumed or consciously advocated in their various approaches.

Copyright: A Source of Revenue Generation

Nisar S Khara   Jan 3, 1998   interacts: 3

A discussion on the advantages of protecting intellectual property rights in Pakistan.

My Crimson Reality

Dervish    Oct 24, 1997   interacts: 4

In which the poet, in the best traditions of Meer, Dard, Ghalib, seems to prefer reality in an intoxicating red shade.

Almost Live in Concert

Musician    Oct 24, 1997   interacts: 6

It is important for us to understand more about DAT’s and Sequencers and how they work because paying $10 or more for a live performance where as only 10% of that is live, in my opinion, is making a fool out of people.

Death of the Raj: Subcontinent in the Third Millennium

Sohail Rabbani   Oct 24, 1997   interacts: 17

The second of two articles outlining a new definition of Pakistan and the Indian sub-continent. Ready your pens for aggressive interaction.

The Old Pakistan is Dead, Long Live New Pakistan

Sohail Rabbani   Oct 23, 1997   interacts: 54

On December 16, 1971 Pakistan ceased to exist during a well celebrated ceremony when Lieutenant General Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi and Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Arora signed an armistice document.

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