2014

All years and months

Tariq Ali recommends Partition # 3

A note on Tariq Ali’s case for Scottish independence and Britain’s dismemberment, which the poster criticises for soft-pedalling Scottish participation in colonial rule.

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Twice born @ 41

A note on an Aurangabad man revived after 90 minutes of CPR, with the poster asking whether the practice of longer resuscitation is followed in the west.

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Total Siyaapa

A brief review of the film Total Siyaapa, an Indo-Pak romance set in London, calling it a silly, tired formula that never touches the Indo-Pak angle.

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The Chandi of Chandigarh

A note recommending Gul Panag’s Aam Aadmi Party candidacy in Chandigarh, with background on her military family and a query for Dr Omar about her grandfather.

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Thanks Whats App

A note worrying that children glued to screens are growing more aggressive and less civil, weighing bullying against the need for assertiveness, with a quoted extract.

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Spy Games

The 2014 row in which the CIA was accused of spying on the US Senate committee investigating its prisons, with an ironic eye on the White House’s silence.

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Qatar

A comment on Qatar’s new emir and the country’s habit of playing many sides at once, from hosting US troops to Al Jazeera, suggesting it invest in science instead.

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The western frontier

A note urging confidence-building between Iran and Pakistan, including release of five kidnapped Iranian guards, so that the Syrian fight does not spread to South Asia.

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“jab sab faansi par latkaye jaege”

A note on the Delhi High Court upholding death sentences in the 2012 gang-rape case, with the poster opposing capital punishment in principle but saying the convicts deserve no mercy.

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MH 370 horror story

A short note on the Wall Street Journal’s report that MH370 may have flown for four more hours, based on engine data, with the poster calling it scary.

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