Zachary Latif | May 21, 2011
The full article is worth reading; it is interesting that the reporter Anthony Mascarenhas was a Goan Indian by origin and ethnicity, who held Indian citizenship for the rest of his life. Personally I’ve always been willing to treat 1971 as a genocide by Pakistan perpetrated on Bangladesh but I’m sliding back towards being “unsure”. I will probably order [...]
Razib Khan | May 21, 2011
Currently reading William Dalrymple’s Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India. Whenever I read about Indian religious practice and belief in its elaborated detail I feel like I’m perusing the appendix to The Lord of the Rings. I’m also going to buy the Kindle version of A Convergence of Civilizations: The Transformation [...]
Razib Khan | May 20, 2011
Aziz points me to a liberal (non-Muslim) blogger who opposes “Draw Mohammed Day”. Here’s an interesting section: I am certainly not opposed to mocking, satirizing or criticizing religions, and I do not, in general, hold back from doing so because of any fear of causing offence to their adherents. But there is an important distinction [...]
thabet | May 20, 2011
A little further east than pukka brown land, but thought this article on skin whitening products in Thailand was interesting. Note the supposed source of this ‘whiteness’ obsession. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a [...]
omar | May 20, 2011
Pakistan Papers DAWN.COM | Latest news, Breaking news, Pakistan News, World news, business, sport and multimedia. Julian Assange (may Allah be pleased with him) has done a great service to the United States and the world and dealt a great blow to conspiracy theorists with wikileaks. Large scale things generally change very slowly in our [...]
Zachary Latif | May 20, 2011
Such drivel; I’m proud to be a liberal traditionalist and I can’t understand what this chappie is complaining about. He is using his mother’s pension money ergo she has a decisive say in the business. With his mother’s pension, Kumar’s family has purchased three taxis. He wants to scale up this side business and quit [...]
Razib Khan | May 20, 2011
PZ Myers’ comments are interesting. In other news, Muslim convert charged with threats to ‘South Park’ creators. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend
Razib Khan | May 19, 2011
Fear of terrorism makes Pakistani students turn to religion: They interviewed 291 students from 4 different universities in Karachi. Almost all (90%) had been exposed to terrorist violence on the television or in conversation with their parents. A staggering 46% knew someone who had been injured or killed in a terrorist attack, and 26% had [...]
Razib Khan | May 19, 2011
In the comments to Zach’s post The Joy of Extended Families I left some vulgar and intentionally humorous assertions in regards to the “joint family” which is so common in South Asia. There are two aspects to this. First, I have a particular cultural bias having grown up in the West amongst mostly non-browns. Cousin [...]
omar | May 19, 2011
Dead-End Job < Killing the Buddha. I was driving North last week and say a full size billboard advertising that the world will end on May 21st (“are you ready?”). I have heard there are hundreds of these billboards all across the nation. I wonder what is supposed to happen to them on May 22nd? [...]
Omar is a Pakistani-American with an interest in history. He also moderates the Asiapeace discussion group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/asiapeace/
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