2014

All years and months

“The sole survivor”

William Dalrymple’s account of the India-Pakistan shadow war in Afghanistan, opening with an Indian officer’s experience in Kabul, with the poster’s comment that the wars will end only when elites…

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The Begums of Bhopal (new edition)

A short history of the Begums of Bhopal, with a news extract on the Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan meeting there; the poster sees it as common people replacing a monarch…

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Pakistan and India: divided by a common culture

A piece on how India and Pakistan are divided by a common culture, with the poster agreeing that ordinary people share much, though he doubts that Indian culture is rightly…

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A few quick easy tips to a better and healthier life

The poster offers a handful of everyday health tips, arguing that Western habits are often harmful and that squatting rather than sitting on the toilet is better for the bowels…

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BJP grabs the first seat (West Bengal)

The poster notes that the BJP and Gorkha Janamukti Morcha have renewed their alliance for the first 2014 result, Darjeeling, and expects a Gorkhaland promise to cost Mamata Banerjee Lok…

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Rohildev Nattukallingal wins big with FIN

A congratulation to Rohildev Nattukallingal, a 23-year-old from Malappuram and youngest speaker at the World Mobile Congress, with an extract about his Fin gesture-control ring.

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Racism is more foolish than bad

A report on Malaysia’s interior minister saying the stolen-passport passengers had ‘Asian facial features’, with the poster’s comment that the remark shows a politician failing to see that a white…

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“Taliban” ban in Legoland

The poster blames both British Islamists and British Firsters for the pre-emptive ban of a ‘fun day for Muslims’ at Legoland, arguing that threats of violence should not be allowed…

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A glimpse of Pakistan and her castes.

A reader’s first-person account by Imad Uddin Ahmed of discovering caste and skin-colour prejudice in Pakistan after returning from California, posted as the second story in a reader series.

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A very brave, wise man speaks his mind

Extracts from Express Tribune editor Kamal Siddiqui on three attacks on his media group in six months, with the poster praising his courage and his argument that editors owe their…

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