At a local ladies book club in Columbus Ohio, during a talk on my eBook Obscure Women Obscure Stories: A Pakistani Trilogy, the following passage from Purani Kahani, one of the stories, came under discussion and a question was asked. “Bhaag Bhari would go in the hut to fetch her small chest of jewelry. It was metallic painted...
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Commentaries
Les Miserables of Thar Desert
A critique of the movie ‘Zero Dark Thirty’
12:30 a.m. – A review of the movie ‘Zero Dark Thirty’, hunting Obama Bin Laden (Oops)! http://www.google.com.pk/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/77/ZeroDarkThirty2012Poster.jpg/ ‘Waterboarding’ in the first two minutes just puts you off. A CIA thriller however, Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark ‘Freakin’ thirty; despite its many wonderful qualities could be classified as just another technically proficient pile of balderdash. And...
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Religion for peace or conflict? An Interview with Dr. George James
All religions teach communal harmony, respect for human rights, and high moral values as their mission but at the same time they have been a major source of conflict and war throughout the human history. To George A. James, a long time professor of religion and philosophy, religion can be viewed as a source...
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The enduring saga of Devdas in Pakistan!
The most devastating effect of the Devdas syndrome lies in contaminating the society with the dangerous virus of self-destruction and pessimism. This attitude has deeply permeated the psyche of several generations in the subcontinent born before or after the partition. The emotional and pessimistic attitude of these generations, who remain aloof from their social...
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Proposed Research Agenda for Democratic Discourse
The purpose of this paper is to share observations on issues which need to be further investigated to set direction for democratic social change in Pakistan. You may add more questions and/ or volunteer to write on some of the questions raised in this paper. Class, power and Social Change Power of capital under...
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Modern Day Colony in South Asia
India and Pakistan have a choice of accepting international intervention or come to a practical solution of the Kashmir dispute through a mutually negotiated agreement that also involves Kashmiris. Very few people know that there is a modern-day colony occupied by three nuclear powers right there in our neck of the woods. Not only...
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Negotiate with the TTP?
With their hands tied together, 21 abducted off-duty Levies personnel were lined up in a cricket ground near Peshawar on December 30, 2012, and then summarily executed. Negotiations conducted through village elders with TTP militants had failed after the militants refused ransom money. Instead, their demands were purely ideological: Pakistan must accept sharia...
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Fish Symbol: Indus Civilization to Biblical References
In olden days people said storms were nature’s way of reminding man of his fragile existence. We heard similar expressions even in modern days. When Sandy hit a large part of United States many people felt it was there to change the tide of presidential elections and hence the fate of the country and...
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Neelaan Bhotou Margalla Hills
The lush green surroundings; The mountains with violet hue; Where the winds blow majestically; The chirping of the birds; The stone frozen in time; Is the place where the illuminated spirit; Lied submerged in the depth of clear running stream; No wonder why the fish ate the flesh; The place still resonates the calm...
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