Articles with tag: refuge
Good on ya Bangladesh!
Ahmer Muzammil Sep 28, 2007 interacts: 88Thank you Bangladesh for having the moral courage to resolve a humanitarian crisis by granting citizenship to those unfortunate soles who are famously known as “stranded Pakistanis”.
Aftershocks and Afterthoughts
Bina Shah Nov 3, 2005 interacts: 17I used to have a poster up in my room that illustrated the plight of the world’s refugees, and a slogan that I think applies perfectly to this situation: 'Desperate Millions on the Move'.
Will Kashmiri Pandits Ever Return to their Abode…?
J N Raina Aug 13, 2005 interacts: 73Pulwama is now a sprawling township. It has changed. It became district headquarters in 1980. Nearby villages have grown in size and shape. Some paddy fields have been converted into orchards. Small-scale industries have also come into existence.
How green is their valley?
Farzana Versey Jul 25, 2005 interacts: 232This was not 1947. People had begun to move things. Every Kashmiri Pandit had two-three bags. They were rehabilitated within a year. Our education is our strength. You won't find a jobless Pandit. Ghar khadey kar diye eik saal mein.
Amrita Pritam
Umair Raja May 15, 2005 interacts: 369Today, I call Waris Shah, “Speak from inside your grave”
And turn, today, the book of love’s next affectionate page
The Sweltering Sky
Farzana Versey Apr 18, 2005 interacts: 169Why do I persist in standing transfixed, watching Amna, the little girl with big hands and big eyes, scrape a vessel of its shine? Why don’t I tell her to get out across the border and rot there instead of being an eyesore here?
They Shoot Kashmiri Pandits, Dont They?
Farzana Versey Mar 29, 2003 interacts: 269They say they will act as a “buffer against the export of jehad into India”. They who ran away?
The Urdu Press in New York
Rehan Ansari Jan 31, 2003 interacts: 30We never thought we would flee America
The Unmaking Of Gujrat
Farzana Versey Dec 11, 2002 interacts: 263The key players in these elections and therefore Indian polity seem like characters in a drama of the absurd.
Shadowlines (Part I)
Rehan Ansari Jun 30, 2002 interacts: 181Ehsan Jafri was killed, his decapitated head carried around the streets.
Drawing Palestine
Rehan Ansari May 12, 2002 interacts: 46what can happen to someone who thinks he has all the power
Empty Vessels And All That Jazz
Zeemax Feb 2, 2002 interacts: 204do you think he is up to task to rid us of feudals next?
The Price
Shandana Minhas Nov 19, 2001 interacts: 443the Taliban are gone, crowds line the streets to greet victorious soldiers of the Northern Alliance. What are they saying..
Black Tuesday: The View From Islamabad
Pervez Hoodbhoy Sep 15, 2001 interacts: 570CNN and the US media have so far made little attempt to understand this affliction
The Indo-Pak Summit, Kashmir and the Taj Mahal
Ras Siddiqui Jul 8, 2001 interacts: 142One cannot expect a solution from just one summit on the complex Kashmir problem ...
Talking to Vajpayee
Mushahid Hussain Jun 18, 2001 interacts: 371Vajpayee has demonstrated that he can be different
Eathquake Hits India And Pakistan
Chowk P Room Jan 27, 2001 interacts: 404At least 15,000 people are feared dead
Bigotry, Racism and American Media
Mohammad Arshad Nov 3, 2000 interacts: 228all of us have vividly seen that Israeli security forces consistently breached all international human rights standards
Game Theory and Pakistan
Sameer May 18, 2000 interacts: 74the elite in Pakistan are nothing short of omnivorous parasites
Balkan Tragedy: A Re-enactment of the 1971 Genocide in Bangladesh
Jamal Hasan Apr 7, 1999 interacts: 346The escalating human tragedy in Kosovo gives me a sense of deja vu
The Battle For Kosovo
Feroz R Khan Apr 6, 1999 interacts: 11An argument for the use of NATO ground forces in Kosovo
Nuclear South Asia: An Explanation to America
Ras Siddiqui Jun 25, 1998 interacts: 11The US and the rest of the world needs to help in the resolution of this issue because if we don’t address it now we will all hear about it later.
