In the latest gruesome attack on the Shia community in Pakistan a suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowded ImambaRa (Shia mosque) and killed over 60 people, including several young children. People are still picking up pieces of their loved ones (literally, see video here if you dare). Who are these killers? how do … Continue reading Shia-killing in Pakistan: Background and Predictions
Comrade Tariq Ali speaks about the Afghan resistance; Based on this, I created a press release for him (save him the trouble). “A pre-revolutionary situation appears to be developing in Pakistan. The proletariat, long suffering under the yoke of neo-colonial exploitation, has begun to stir. Identifying the US as the head of international capital, the working … Continue reading Tariq Ali on the Afghan Resistance
….The Pushtuns are divided among the Durrani, Ghilzai, Waziri, Khattak, Afridi, Mohmand, Yusufzai, Shinwari….. each tribe is divided into subtribes…..divided into numerous clans… Zahir Shah belongs to the Muhammadzai clan of the Barakzai subtribe of the Durrani tribe. Such clan, subtribal, and tribal divisions contribute already intense rivalries and divisions….. … For some time now … Continue reading Pashtun power play(s)
It is the season to be busy at work, so I am unable to write a coherent post but these scattered thoughts were itching to get out: 1. Pakistani anchor Talat has written an interesting piece in Urdu in which the conceit is to start with a long section that sounds like one of Tahir … Continue reading Random Thoughts
….Our actors work there…our musicians have been popular there…..does that mean we have to modify our content to suit their tastes?….If only the answer was a simple binary choice…..One cannot peel away all the layers of history within a single article….money is as real today as it was in 1947….. … Adi Abdurab (head screenwriter … Continue reading Made (for India) in Pakistan
…..the shooting of the elephant…..The owner was furious, but he was only an Indian and could do nothing….legally I had done the right thing, for a mad elephant has to be killed if its owner fails to control it… ….Among the Europeans opinion was divided. The older men said I was right, the younger men … Continue reading Orwell in Burma-2
Their relationship with the British Empire is that of slave and master….Is the master good or bad? That is not the question…his control is despotic and….self-interested…. As we all know, Arundhati Roy is considered as one of the leading (if not the leading) thinkers of the world. If Obama can be gifted the golden gong … Continue reading Burma and Imperial Britain
…repudiation of the “historical purpose” of the Chinese revolution….rejecting “the scientific and guiding value of Mao Zedong thought,”….“tantamount to denying the legitimacy of the CCP”…….“I admit that what I have done touched on legal issues and threatened national interests….My actions were very wrong” Next time, any damn fool of a 70-year old lady dares complain … Continue reading Historical nihilism…
The Post reported that Washington has “no-spying arrangements” with only the U.K., Canada, Australia and New Zealand, a group known collectively with the U.S. the “Five Eyes.” Just an idle fantasy that we have about A.R. and her merry band of storm-troopers (all the rage against the MAN is such a perfect cover), but supposing … Continue reading Arundhati Roy is an US spy
Fascinating story on so many levels. Across muslim south asia the thinking is that but for Mir Jafar, the British would not have got a foot-hold in Bengal. Muslim rule would continue uninterrupted across the land. India would become another Indonesia with Hindu pockets (Bali) and a Sanskrit-named airline (Garuda). In Sindh however there is … Continue reading The Hindu Mirjafar
