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Articles with tag: refugee

Nabil and Fatima

Shakuntala Rao   Jun 25, 2009   interacts: 17

Approximately 9,000 Afghan refugees continue to live in Delhi today. After years of lobbying by various NGOs, Indian government is now allowing some of these families to become naturalized citizens.

Good on ya Bangladesh!

Ahmer Muzammil   Sep 28, 2007   interacts: 88

Thank 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: 17

I 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: 73

Pulwama 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: 232

This 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.

The Sweltering Sky

Farzana Versey   Apr 18, 2005   interacts: 169

Why 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: 269

They 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: 30

We never thought we would flee America

The Unmaking Of Gujrat

Farzana Versey   Dec 11, 2002   interacts: 263

The 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: 181

Ehsan Jafri was killed, his decapitated head carried around the streets.

Drawing Palestine

Rehan Ansari   May 12, 2002   interacts: 46

what can happen to someone who thinks he has all the power

Empty Vessels And All That Jazz

Zeemax    Feb 2, 2002   interacts: 204

do you think he is up to task to rid us of feudals next?

The Price

Shandana Minhas   Nov 19, 2001   interacts: 443

the Taliban are gone, crowds line the streets to greet victorious soldiers of the Northern Alliance. What are they saying..

Reporting on Afghanistan

Rehan Ansari   Oct 21, 2001   interacts: 78

One Afghan dies every 14 minutes.

Black Tuesday: The View From Islamabad

Pervez Hoodbhoy   Sep 15, 2001   interacts: 570

CNN 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: 142

One cannot expect a solution from just one summit on the complex Kashmir problem ...

Talking to Vajpayee

Mushahid Hussain   Jun 18, 2001   interacts: 371

Vajpayee has demonstrated that he can be different

Eathquake Hits India And Pakistan

Chowk P Room   Jan 27, 2001   interacts: 404

At least 15,000 people are feared dead

Bigotry, Racism and American Media

Mohammad Arshad   Nov 3, 2000   interacts: 228

all 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: 74

the elite in Pakistan are nothing short of omnivorous parasites

ALIF - The Way Ahead?

Bina Shah   May 1, 2000   interacts: 29

to build the Kingdom of God out of scraps

Balkan Tragedy: A Re-enactment of the 1971 Genocide in Bangladesh

Jamal Hasan   Apr 7, 1999   interacts: 346

The escalating human tragedy in Kosovo gives me a sense of deja vu

The Battle For Kosovo

Feroz R Khan   Apr 6, 1999   interacts: 11

An argument for the use of NATO ground forces in Kosovo

Nuclear South Asia: An Explanation to America

Ras Siddiqui   Jun 25, 1998   interacts: 11

The 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.

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