Arundhati ‘Pakistani’ and ‘Patriotic’ Right-wingers

“Shouldn’t Arundhati Roy come from Pakistan?� sarcastically asked a Delhi freelance journalist, commenting on the Facebook posting about a panel discussion, ‘Does Media Jingoism Fan India Pakistan Tensions?’

US Elections: Watching the Watch-dog

Media and pollsters are calling the shots in US elections whereas candidates and people continue to make up their minds from day to day election messages and changing realities.

The Health and Medicinal Benefits of

Institute of Manic-Depression published the results of an epidemiological study indicating that Talk Show reduced the risk of sensibility in men and women by nearly sixty percent.

Death in the Clouds

And some red lines shall forever hold – because that’s the way they are – because that’s the way the Artist chose to draw them!

A New US Vision?

The US Congressional bill designed to implement the '9/11 Commission Recommendations Act of 2007' contains the seeds of new thinking on Pakistan.

Splinter

They were the couple, everyone said so, back in those days. The lightness of him, the gold hair and blue eyes around her dusky skin, like the demarcation of borders of countries in an atlas, setting her aglow.

A Moment of Silence

This poem seeks to draw a wider awareness to the anguish and affliction victims undergo every ticking moment on life’s clock.

Culture Wars

Good Muslim, Bad Muslim is Mamdani’s most recent work. Inspired largely by the post Sept 11 scenario in the US, this book is one of the few important counter-narratives to the contemporary Western political analysis of Islam.

Semantics of “Historical” and “Actionable”

The intention of sending this memo to the president would obviously appear that it contained actionable information. But the White House read it otherwise.

Barriers: A Review

It is about five individuals (four from the Abbas family and Roger) who are trying to deal either directly or indirectly with the fallout of 9-11

Fading Exclamations

Osama a Muslim hero or villain: a pied piper or puppet: a rebel, an idealist or an agent? Whoever he maybe he is the best thing to happen to Islam

Unsettling Precedents for Pakistan

From the ‘success’ in Iraq, it appears that launching preemptive strikes with overpowering force can vanquish enemies without appreciable collateral damage.

On Countries of Dwelling

America arrived, as they would say in Urdu. This country is the best thing that ever happened to me without a doubt. It’s here I learned that even if everything is aesthetically perfect, ..

Shalom or Salaam

Ariel Sharon can be my guest. As Indians, we are renowned for our hospitality. The West has not yet certified him a terrorist, so he can do just as he pleases. In fact, he can even announce, “We control America”.

The King’s Gambit: Chapter 2 (The Soldier)

“Do you have one more left in you, Michael?” General Yitzhak inquired

• Mainstream Media
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• Swat Calls For Civil Society to Act
• In Search of Political Will: Fight Against Militants in Swat
• In memory of the Swat valley
• The Nightmare Must End
• In Honor of the Heroes of Swat