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Now we know (who you are)
The poster comments on a glossy feature on wealthy Pakistani ‘BPeeps’, mocking its soft propaganda while singling out cricketer Sana Mir as a likeable role model.
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Politics
Total Information (South Asian Muslim) Management
Reports that US agencies put five American Muslims, three of Pakistani origin, under surveillance, with the lawyer Asim Ghafoor’s own account of why he thinks he was targeted and the…
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Politics
Sikhs (UK): Gandhi ‘racist’, ‘sexual weirdo’
On UK Sikhs calling Gandhi racist, the author sees a minority denied justice for 30 years and fearful of absorption, and notes that Punjab’s Sikh and Hindu politics already cut…
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Society
Pretty woman meets dumb man
Reacting to a report of a woman stepping over a victim’s body, the author muses that men dominate top roles for many reasons, hopes for true equality, and argues, with…
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Politics
Afghan crisis (long war- section 2)
On Abdullah Abdullah’s refusal to concede the Afghan presidency, the author says what matters in an early democracy is the counting and the loser’s patience, as John Kerry warns of…
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India by train (Udhampur-Katra)
The author, long fascinated by Indian railway timetables, argues travel by train is the best way to know India and uses the new Udhampur-Katra line and the 1905 Jammu to…
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The most beautiful place on earth
Travelling to Kaghan Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the author describes the lakes, Kunhar river trout and the folk tale of Saiful Muluk, and recalls the 1831 Balakot battle between the…
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Geopolitics
General Asad Durrani Discusses Strategy
Hamid Hussain’s red-text comments on a long paper by a former ISI chief, Asad Durrani, on how Pakistan makes strategic decisions, in which Hussain disagrees especially with Durrani’s view of…
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Ek Villain
The poster calls Ek Villain a nice but violent film and recommends it, asking why Bollywood cannot find an original plot, blaming laziness or a lack of respect and money…
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Tears of joy?? (50 years in chains)
Reacting to the story of Raju the elephant freed after 50 years in chains, the author argues humans have a duty of care to animals, noting India’s elephant symbolism and…
