Zachary Latif | June 26, 2011
I tend to switch off my mind during the weekends, for better or for worse, but this post has been pending for a while so thought as good a time as any. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on [...]
omar | June 25, 2011
Daily Times – Leading News Resource of Pakistan – ANALYSIS: A reflection on Saleem Shahzad —Farhat Taj. This is the dominant left wing view/liberal view in Pakhtoonkhwa (though not necessarily in Punjab, where a leftwing person is as likely to believe all sorts of fairytales about the Pathans as Imran Khan is). I dont know [...]
Zachary Latif | June 25, 2011
Razib put up a post South Asian “Arab” ancestry. A few interesting excerpts from the paper quoted: 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
Thorfinn | June 24, 2011
I wanted to follow up briefly on Sahar’s comment on my previous post. He writes, Still, I think the squandering of so much potential human capital, especially through childhood infection, parasite load and malnutrition is a big part of the sclerotic economy story. This is a problem throughout South Asia of course, not just in [...]
Zachary Latif | June 24, 2011
I was sent this article on Gandhiji and while I disagreed with him on certain issues I have respect for his advocacy for Pakistan. However I find this part very odd: In an open letter to the legislature of South Africa’s Natal province, Gandhi wrote of how “the Indian is being dragged down to the [...]
Thorfinn | June 24, 2011
From Livemint: New Delhi: Key economic data released by the government on Friday shows that the first stint of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) generated a mere 400,000 jobs a year, compared with 12 million jobs annually during the tenure of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led coalition, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). If you [...]
Razib Khan | June 24, 2011
Y chromosomes of self-identified Syeds from the Indian subcontinent show evidence of elevated Arab ancestry but not of a recent common patrilineal origin: Several cultural or religious groups claim descent from a common ancestor. The extent to which this claimed ancestry is real or socially constructed can be assessed by means of genetic studies. Syed [...]
omar | June 24, 2011
www.outlookindia.com | A Thousand And One Tales Of Terror. Just some more information on the military-jihadi complex. 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
Zachary Latif | June 24, 2011
Obama Impersonator Got Mad Jokes – GOODMORNINGHIPHOP.COM Although Brown possesses the uncanny ability to imitate the president’s most distinct mannerisms and inflections, Brown has more in common with the nation’s commander-in-chief than behavior and physical appearance. Brown was born and raised in Chicago, the city where the president got his political footing, and he too, [...]
Zachary Latif | June 24, 2011
Since Omar, without fail, makes mention of my Baha’i “perspective” I thought I would share an “inspiring passage” that came through in this came through in an email. I am alternating between Ayesha Jalal’s book and M.J Akbar’s one (both are incredibly factual rather than opinionated; I was particularly surprised by Akbar’s very balanced tome [...]
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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