Articles with tag: hero
Tariq Ahsan: A Forgotten Foot-soldier of Democracy
Muhammad Tariq Sep 18, 2009 interacts: 19This kind of interrogation ought to be banned everywhere, since although it leaves no marks or injuries on the body, thus making it difficult to recognize it as a form of torture, it does irreparable damage to the mind.
In Honor of the Heroes of Swat
Afzal K Shinwari Feb 14, 2009 interacts: 32Despite being targeted a number of times by the Taliban in Swat, he has refused to leave his hometown. He, along with his near and dear ones, continue living and defying the militants.
The Muslim Protagonist and the Past Three Years
Vaibhav Jain Nov 11, 2008 interacts: 120What better a movie to begin with than Rang De Basanti? RDB will stand out for long as ‘The Generation X Movie’ in the annals of Bollywood.
Revival of Passive Resistance in Indian Commercial Cinema
Vaibhav Jain Feb 7, 2008That non-violence is an integral and a much respected part of our culture, seems to have slowly escaped our memory.
Mahadev Gobind Ranade (1842-1901)
Yasser Latif Hamdani Mar 19, 2005 interacts: 571...some historical figures, intellectual giants in their own right, who Pakistanis know nothing about, and certainly many Indians as well...
The Grasshopper
Quinton Zondervan Jun 5, 2004 interacts: 3I’m a grasshopper. My jumping legs, mechanical marvels to be sure, are attached to my harness around the waist.
How to get a Civil Award
Q Isa Daudpota Nov 23, 2003 interacts: 1If Mirza Ghalib (South Asia’s long-deceased great poet) were to have been nominated for an award, quipped a Net-acquaintance, somebody else would get it! The master just wouldn’t have pushed it through the merit-assessing bureaucracy.
Punjabi Heroes that History Forgot
Nazar Khan Nov 16, 2003 interacts: 275Not only great men but the Punjabi folk lore has strong willed women who dominated their beloveds – in the tales of Heer Ranjha, Sassi Punnu, Mirza Sahiban and Sohni Mahiwal.
