Articles with tag: Evolution

Do Not Wash This Blood; Do Not Wipe This Tear: Get Angry

Maloy K Dhar Dec 12, 2008 interacts: 6

Change the system, change the governing tools, change the consitution, change the laws, change the criminal jurisprudendec system and dump the politicians of present variety.

In Memory of Ahmed Faraz

kashkin dabruski Aug 25, 2008 interacts: 17

We will miss him and words
That breathed revolution
Death can only bring whispers
But words, a torrent of revolution

A Meeting with Che Guevara

Gajendra Singh Jun 24, 2008 interacts: 9

The man had a charismatic presence in green olive fatigues and black beret at a rakish angle. The very best of the Hollywood and Bollywood stars all rolled into one.

A Stage For - V for Vendetta

usman Mehfooz Jun 2, 2008 interacts: 7

"People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people."

The Importance of Natural Selection

Zarrar Said Apr 2, 2008 interacts: 607

Throughout time we have asked ourselves whether we are fallen angels or risen apes. The answer lies in a simple yet tabooed subject.

Revolutionary for Sale

jehanzeb khan Jan 9, 2008 interacts: 9

Clothing plastered with the portrait of socialist revolutionary Che Guevara is possibly one of the oddest and most self contradictory phenomena's of the 21st century.

Mass Difference: The Bhuttos and Civil Society

Nadeem F Paracha Jan 6, 2008 interacts: 22

Populist, mass-oriented politics can effectively cancel out the two most prominent anti-populist strains in Pakistan i.e. the politico-religious and the elite-bourgeois.

Whither Pakistan? The Presidential 'Election' and Beyond

Asif Naqshbandi Oct 10, 2007 interacts: 81

It is my view that in the not too distant future Pakistan too will go through its own version of an Islamic revolution.

The Monks and Realpolitik

Salil Tripathi Oct 3, 2007 interacts: 10

Monks with prayers on their lips, and students with hopes in their hearts, march towards pagodas, as soldiers armed by the Chinese beat them. And the world's largest democracy, India, does nothing.

The Orange Monks

kashkin dabruski Sep 30, 2007 interacts: 1

They move together
Unarmed and in silence

The Rape of the Nation

kashkin dabruski Sep 24, 2007

The nation awaits
Not its messiahs and inspiration
Not from their leaders
Not from their politicians

Living Through a Revolution

Muhammad Tariq Aug 24, 2007 interacts: 54

An account of my personal experiences in Iran as it went through a transition from a monarchy to an Islamic Republic

In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the Earth

Mohammad Gill Apr 22, 2007 interacts: 447

If religion is to follow the scientific lead, it then becomes falsifiable like science. When a religion becomes falsifiable, it loses its divine base and its God ceases to be as mighty as we conventionally believe It is.

A Nation Reborn

Shaheryar Akbar Mar 20, 2007 interacts: 71

Just when I thought my people would once again silently ignore this new form of oppression, and resign themselves to a fate written by politicians and generals, they responded! They awoke! They said in one voice, “enough is enough!” I have ne

The Role of Mystics, Artists and Scientists in Human Evolution

Khalid Sohail Mar 4, 2007 interacts: 100

Creative people have been in a minority but they have lead the majority on the path of human evolution.

Can We Defy Time or Be Contacted from Outer Space?

Dawood Mamoon Feb 26, 2007 interacts: 18

As social human evolution is progressing at a faster rate, so are our capabilities to decode information. We are getting rather more accurate in our understanding of the universe and unraveling more complicated universal phenomenon while retaining our na

Abadan Cricket Club

Muhammad Tariq Oct 2, 2006 interacts: 1

I believe a silent war is being waged all over the world, without a single shot being fired, a war words and ideas, a type of war infinitely more desirable, if any war can be desirable.

Flying Spaghetti Monsterism

Mohammad Gill Oct 4, 2005 interacts: 13

In the mean time, a new theory of intelligent design, which I call intelligent design II, has sprouted. The creator of this theory is Bobby Henderson who is a graduate of Oregon State University with a degree in physics. He propounded this satirical theor

No Intelligent Design Nor accident

Schandra Tripathi Jul 5, 2005 interacts: 11

A crude estimate of the number of life sustaining planets is over a few hundred thousand in this universe. On some of them life must have started, we don’t know today how. But like all science we’ll find it tomorrow- attribute to God if you li

Power in Writing

Steven Guevara May 18, 2005 interacts: 5

Knowing the extent of the change Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., brought with his words, I can’t help but pursue my own quest for change. As long as I have a sound mind and a pen with which to write, I am compelled to continue this process of thinking

Intelligent Design or Accident?

Mohammad Gill May 17, 2005 interacts: 52

The critics do not pick so much on evolutionary process, it is the mechanism of Darwin’s natural selection, which is targeted. Had there been a convincing proof (empirical evidence) of this mechanism, the critics would have been silenced.

Did Wallace forestall Darwin?

Mohammad Gill Apr 28, 2005 interacts: 4

As the historical facts bear out, (Alfred Russel) Wallace did not forestall Darwin in formulating the theory of natural selection but he did rattle Darwin to the extent of enervation, and forced his hand to publish his research immediately. ....

Intelligent Design versus Natural Selection

Mohammad Gill Apr 17, 2005 interacts: 45

Both parties interpret the scientific data from their own vantage point and seek support for their respective positions. But it is only the scientists who collect such data not only to refute the creationists but to do what they normally do, namely, to ad

Jared Diamond’s latest book Collapse

Aniruddha Bahal Jan 31, 2005 interacts: 8

Explores the collapse of ancient civilizations and at the same time gives us insights into Rwanda’s 1990s genocide, China’s burgeoning environmental problems, Australia’s mining industry, and winds it all up with analyses of why societie

In Ukraine, a franchised revolution

Gajendra Singh Dec 1, 2004 interacts: 9

2 million anti-war demonstrators who streamed the streets of London and New York against the war on Iraq in March 2003 were politically ignored, but some tens of thousands in central Kiev are proclaimed to be 'the people'.

Destination Unknown

Tauheed Ahmed Dec 1, 2004 interacts: 34

The hairy ape had been walking on all fours for hours. He got tired of seeing nothing but a few feet of ground around him. So, he did the obvious thing. He stood up on two legs.

The Feathered Twin

Amrita Rajan Nov 24, 2004 interacts: 5

Spot the difference...

Adrift

Ali Hasan Cemendtaur Apr 22, 2004 interacts: 10

The path of violence seems to be the easiest path to follow ... Only if countries could grow stronger and prosperous on murder and mayhem!

Restructuring Identity

Mariam Durrani Feb 24, 2004 interacts: 106

For the past twenty-three years, the meaning of my identity has eluded me. As a Pakistani-born girl brought up in Germany by an American Army community, I constantly questioned myself: am I more Pakistani or American? Can I preserve an Eastern culture in

What Was There Before the Big Bang?

Mohammad Gill Jan 29, 2004 interacts: 48

The essence of new developments in cosmology is hard to describe comprehensibly in non-technical language. Much of it sounds like stories from the fairy land....

On the Assertion of Rights

Rafay Alam May 9, 2003 interacts: 17

Why Pakistan’s institutions are ass backwards

Survival of the Fittest

Urstruly Apr 23, 2003 interacts: 366

If Pakistan is next then what are the options?

The Metaphysics of Religion

Mohammad Gill Apr 12, 2003 interacts: 16

Much of the metaphysics appears to be meaningless to a materialisitic way of thinking.

Origins of the Modern World Capitalist Economy

Taimur Rahman Apr 10, 2003 interacts: 9

A Stable Political Order in Post-War Iraq?

Abul K Islam Apr 8, 2003 interacts: 22

A new political order in Iraq is likely to be strife-ridden

The Great Game for Central Asian Oil

Taimur Rahman Apr 5, 2003 interacts: 41

The Imperialist Ring from Yugoslavia to Afghanistan

Open Letter to Those Opposing the Iraq War

Tauheed Ahmed Mar 29, 2003 interacts: 164

And the truth shall prevail. Whether someone likes it or not.

Kaleidoscope of Human Life

Mohammad Gill Feb 10, 2003 interacts: 6

The greatest creation of human minds is the ''words''......

Can we Stop the War

Richa Pant Jan 20, 2003 interacts: 193

Can do our bit to stop the War on Iraq?

USA and Muslims

Sameer Jan 9, 2003 interacts: 213

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

Khaki wisdom -- One-way ticket to Hell

Abrar Akbar Jan 3, 2003 interacts: 66

the world came closer to a nuclear exchange during the recent standoff between India and Pakistan than at any time since the 1962 Cuban missile crisis

Skeptical And Counter-Skeptical Trends In Medieval Islam

Mohammad Gill Nov 28, 2002 interacts: 112

There are hundreds of religions in the world, each one of them claiming to be the only true religion

Changing The Thana Culture

Malik S Khar Nov 26, 2002 interacts: 19

as time passes land holdings of Feudals continue to decrease through an ongoing evolutionary process

Pakistanis in Afghanistan, Nothing New

Malik S Khar Feb 1, 2002 interacts: 46

The more the government cuts back on the opportunities available to the Mullah to interact with the citizen, the more the government is cutting back on the Mullahs sources of revenue