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Local Knowledge, Capital, and Social Change in the Age of Globalization

Rohit Chopra Sep 20, 2007

Whether it is selling vegetables or tourism, the local agent does not, by definition, possess anything that cannot be brought from elsewhere in the globe.

Update on trip to Pakistan- Kot Lakhpat jail

B Waraich Jun 3, 2007

On the 2nd of June, we were shown 59 prisoners in Kot Lakhpat jail, Lahore. Of these, 53 had already been seen by the Indian High Commission . Usually , many prisoners come here once their sentence is over. So there may be more Indian prisoners who are

Trapped, surrounded, quarantined or just reading too much into it?

Bhaskar Dasgupta Mar 12, 2007

I get the strong feeling that Pakistan is definitely under the microscope, if not under quarantine. Not a good feeling to have, I am afraid.

Village of Women

Leya Mathew Feb 1, 2007

Along the line of control in Kashmir, there is a village called Dard-nag. The hot springs here were famous for miraculous powers but even the healed complained that drinking of the waters gave them the unpleasant feeling of laughing when the heart was sad

A pragmatic rant about Immigration in America

fawad butt Dec 5, 2006

A pragmatic rant about Immigration in America

Thought Control and Dictators

Manzoor A Shah Sep 14, 2006

Certainly writ of the state is a must to be restored at any price, but what about the means? Bombing the whole swathes and target killings of political figures is no solution.

Suffering from Writer’s Block.

Ayaz A Khan May 27, 2006

Balochistan Militancy -- An Insider's View

Rafi Bhatti Jan 17, 2006

The current wave of lawlessness in Balochistan was originally started by tribal elements in 1999 but lacks any credible rationale and is not based on popular discontentment

I survived. However…

Aarya Nijat Sep 10, 2005

We shared a history, we do share our present. We will be sharing a future. What sort of a future, this is for “US” to decide.

Border Crossings

Ananya J Kabir Apr 28, 2005

The same border bears very different meanings: it all depends on who is crossing it, and where.

Baloch Rights or Sardars’ Rights?

H P Feb 9, 2005

It is always hard to distinguish where Baloch Sardar rights end and Baloch people’s rights begin.

One Afternoon

Feroz R Khan Oct 21, 2003

A couple of Pakistani school children darted a quick glace at the Indians and then quickly, put their feet across the border and touched the Indian soil.

Border

Anuradha Rao Aug 22, 2003

Did he release the string on purpose
To send a friendly message across?

Bus Baby

Bina Shah Aug 12, 2003

A poem for Noor Fatima

Dec 31, 1969

Swat: Paradise Lost

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