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Articles with tag: communism

The Wrong Mix

Nadeem F Paracha   May 17, 2008   interacts: 130

Refusing to ally with capitalist-democracies of the West and cautious about openly supporting the USSR/communism Islamic Socialists attempted to come up with a "third way."

The Arrest of Nuon Chea- Terror is an Old Hat

Shantanu Dutta   Sep 21, 2007

The arrest of Nuon Chea, a now obscure but once powerful symbol of terror re-minds us that the war against terror is not a new one.

Killing Darwin

Nadeem F Paracha   Dec 15, 2006   interacts: 42

“The Cold War ended 15 years ago. Young people do not shun capitalism and religion anymore to become communists!”

Shades of Grey

Z Rana   Oct 14, 2005   interacts: 34

There is something about Faiz that still evokes controversy long after his death. For some he was a great poet, for others a great teacher and a revolutionary ... the problem arises when people confuse Faiz the poet with Faiz the thinker and revolutionary

Growing Up Red

Ali Hashmi   Sep 28, 2005   interacts: 84

My maternal grandfather, ‘Nana’ to us kids, who I later found out was one of the root causes of my ’trouble’ was mostly absent. He had been in self imposed exile since being imprisoned in 1951 when he had spent 4 years in jail for

Existential Dilemma

Sunil K Poolani   Sep 9, 2005   interacts: 25

On the third and top floor is a shabby, smelly room crammed with pamphlets, underground literature, Mao’s and Lu Shun’s portraits, faded red flags, threadbare kurtas and cloth bags — paraphernalia which were supposed to ensure a red revo

Husain Haqqani at UC Berkeley

Ras Siddiqui   Dec 3, 2002   interacts: 67

Pakistan has to revisit its relationship with India

Sobho: the struggle continues

Beena Sarwar   Oct 16, 2002   interacts: 15

I still believe in the revolution, in a society that provides justice for all

Of Violent Birth and Peaceful Death

Ali Hasan Cemendtaur   May 19, 2002   interacts: 270

I have a dream for South Asia

Taliban : An Analysis

Sameer    Jan 1, 2002   interacts: 256

an ideal Islamic society.

The Winds of Change

Irfan Husain   May 21, 2001   interacts: 396

When the world’s only superpower changes direction, smaller states, especially those located on the periphery of potential conflict, have to be nimble in adjusting their policies.

The Weakest Link

Amar D Dhindsa   Dec 2, 1998   interacts: 8

An individual in a crowd is a grain of sand...

Bebee Phool Nahin Lo

Bad Girl   Jan 9, 1998   interacts: 22

Can this poor, raped, ravaged, depleted, sick earth take the burden of industrializing China, India, Pakistan and other third world countries?

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.

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.

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