Mirpur city of Kashmir is often called the ‘eastern most city of United Kingdom’ due to big population of British Kashmiris (Pakistanis or just Muslims, whatever they want to be known as).Jars of Marmite(a British peculiarity which I have never tasted) and tins of tuna fish and ‘baked beans in tomato sauce’ are easily available [...]
This Lal Masjid, actually a converted old Victorian church, built (originally) in Yorkshire stone is just like the other inconspicuous buildings lining the Leeds road Bradford moor, Bradistan an area famous for posh Pakistani curry restaurants competing with wilmslow road Manchester for the title of Curry Capital of the North of England.
But I am talking [...]
It reminds me of a Science Fiction thriller where two parallel universes exist side by side, one reality and the other illusionary or imaginary, in the end the reality and illusion gets mingled up, people are unable to tell what is real and what is illusion.
Israel state terrorism, Bush’s war on terror, Trade barriers and [...]
Bradistan Calling
When Pakistan came into existence in 1947, Russia was known as the Godless Empire of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics under brutal dictator Joseph Stalin. This inherent difference in ideologies resulted in tensions from the very start, but the refusal of the first prime minister of Pakistan to accept the cordial invitation of the [...]
Viva Hameed Haroon; Yes We Can!
Bradistan Calling
What have a Euro-Zone bureaucracy and the countries as diverse as Japan, India, UK, Russia, Iran, Germany, France, USA, Qatar and China, got in common? Are they part of an energy cartel or a group of twenty biggest economies? Highly unlikely: given the diversity of the list.
The question becomes [...]
For once I left my intellectual hat at home and donned the green flag to go on the street and celebrate with the Bradistan boyz and girlz, not that I consider myself a “flag waving nationalist”. My loyalties might be a bit shaky but I would never dream of waving a tricolour of Republic of [...]
The Sikh religion is based on three important pillar The Guru (Teacher), The Garanth(Holy Book) and the Khalsa (Brotherhood of the Pure).It all seems so familiar because of similarity with the religion of Islam. Nowadays one cannot objectively analyse Islam, without provoking Fatwa of One kind or the other. The debate, discussion and Ijtehad (innovation [...]
(courtesy Daily Times - this article was first published.Sir Cam was the Guest columnist for Bradistan from Mela 2003 Dil Nawaz’s comments and updates for2008 will appear within brackets 2009 Mela will be held on the 2nd weekend of June)
Here in was a mighty fusion of cultures: Eastern, Western, English, Pakistani, Indian, African, Arab and [...]
A nation’s power and might is not in its Tanks and missiles but in its intellectual capability, knowledge, innovation, creativity and through its respect of human rights and freedom of expression.
The talk of doom and gloom in Pakistan, after a flurry of bad news on economic front and the terrorist attacks, has created doubts in [...]
Social Justice and The “White Gold Burger”
A Song by British Pakistani Rock Musician Propa-Gandi
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Be Afraid, be very very afraid of future and progress. I talked about a Template of Terrorism being copycat all over the world with franchises available with little investment. But there is terrorism greater than physical terror, its called psychological warfare.
Integration, immigration, terrorism, alienation, [...]
