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Recent articles from the archives

A Strategy For Real Agricultural Prosperity

Murad A Baig Aug 11, 2008

2.4% farmers control 23% of the land. They are the barriers to India's progress in agriculture. They can be moved, and they must be moved if India is to eliminate rural poverty.

We Can Make a Difference

Bhaskar Dasgupta Jun 30, 2008

They are the children who have been abandoned, have run away from abusive homes, were orphaned or simply got lost.

Last But Not Least

Ather Naqvi Apr 17, 2008

Poverty may be more than a silent killer. This sentence cannot be ignored as emotional rhetoric since, sadly, it has become a hair-raising reality.

Color-Blind Love

Feroz Qutabshahi Apr 3, 2008

Worldwide, interracial marriages are on the rise. However, 20 years ago, because of my religion, a German priest would not officiate our marriage nor would a Greek Orthodox priest.

Militant Liberalism

ahmad hayat May 9, 2007

Do we have liberals amongst us that are willing to carry a Kalashnikov in the name of values of Egalitarianism and Social Justice?

The Princess and the Alley Cats

Farouq Taj Jan 19, 2007

Shilpa Shetty - A clash of cultures or simple racism?

The Canadian Dream: Never Fulfilled

Saima Shah Jan 4, 2007

As the digital divide keeps people away from information, the immigrant divide keeps foreign qualified professionals from their profession of choice.

Children of Guest Workers

Rezwan Bajwa Nov 19, 2005

There exists a strong resentment amongst the immigrant youth against the German system; I see a highly polarised society

Guilty of Gohana

Subhash Gatade Sep 13, 2005

Anybody can see that the ’spontaneous expression’ of anger of the upper castes against the dalits was led by an organised and experienced team of houseblasters.

The Dance of the Damned

Farzana Versey Sep 7, 2005

'We Dalits are like animals. The moment we are born we are on our own. There is no support system. We are constantly made aware that we are apart.'

Is Helen Fielding a Racist?

Bina Shah Dec 27, 2004

So what’s wrong with writing a novel where Al-Qaeda terrorists blow up a floating apartment block, kill Westerners, and yet are deeply attracted to the charms of the West, including women and alcohol? Isn’t that what Arabs do?

Restructuring Identity

Mariam Durrani Feb 24, 2004

For the past twenty-three years, the meaning of my identity has eluded me. As a Pakistani-born girl brought up in Germany by an American Army community, I constantly questioned myself: am I more Pakistani or American? Can I preserve an Eastern culture in

The Racist Within

Syed Ali Nov 13, 2003

You will hear oft-repeated statements such as “ The system is too corrupt and I cannot be a part of it.” In essence every time we utter such ignorant generalisations we aid that system to become more degraded, more decadent, atleast in our vie

Pervez Hoodbhoy-Paul Kurtz correspondence

Pervez Hoodbhoy Oct 13, 2003

In a recent Wall Street Journal article, Edward Said was slandered by Ibn Warraq, a man with pretensions to being a secular humanist and the author of several books.

The changing face of America

Aliya Anjum Oct 9, 2003

At lunch a steward asked me if the “Halal Meal” was mine? Without waiting for my answer he dumped the food on my table, took two giant leaps and disappeared to the next section of the airplane.

A Broken Promise

Zahir Janmohamed Sep 3, 2003

When Pakistan was created, its founder, Mohamed Ali Jinnah, famously declared, “You are free, free to go to your temples, you are free to go to your mosques or to any other places of worship in this state of Pakistan. You may belong to any religion

The Sad Reality of Arranged Marriages in South Asia

Aqdas Afzal Nov 2, 2002

Arranged Marriages are Racist and prevent Social Mobility

A Day with an Orthodox Rabbi

Hisham Zoubeir May 27, 1998

Hebrew for God willing also sounds like insha’allah.

Dec 31, 1969

Swat: Paradise Lost

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