Now Pakistan is stating that the water issue is more important than even Kashmir. We have a treaty called Indus water treaty which has held good with 3 RIVERS given exclusively to Pakistan and 2 to India with no rights of usage except for run of the flow check dams for electricity generation.The water of [...]
The following mail from a friend tells a lot about AMAN KI ASHA of the Ordinary middleclass Indian and his FEARS though it is addressed to SRK.I invite response from TPS readers.
“”””” Your name is a household phenomenon in India and even beyond her borders. Your fame has put you in the Newsweek “most powerful [...]
I was a young boy when 17 year old Hanif Mohamed came to India under Hafeez Kardar. I saw only a clip of his batting in INR( Indian news review) for may be a minute and i was impressed. I genuinely rejoiced when Pakistan beat the English cricket team at Lords an achievement India is [...]
Marriage for pleasure?
Saudi Mufti: Saudi Men Need Permit To Marry Foreign Women
Senior Saudi cleric Abd Al-Muhsin Al-’Abikan has issued a fatwa banning Saudi citizens from marrying women who are not residents of the kingdom without obtaining a permit from the authorities.
He stated that marrying foreign women is for pleasure purposes only, and that when this [...]
“””Ae chaand!
Jab wo teri taraf dekhen to unhe kuchh yaad dilana
kuchh madhur geet sunana
aur unse kahna
koi aaj bhi tumhe yaad karta hai
teri aarzoo, teri ummeed karta hai
koi aaj bhi tumhe dekhkar EID karta hai “”””
I am copy pasting but i liked the poem.
I remember vividly the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. Though a dictator the only thing Musharaff feared was Justice Iftiquar Choudhry that he imposed emergency to remove him and quell the march of lawyers.WHY? People say it has nothing to do with lawyers or justice. It has everything to do with STEEL PRIVATIZATION which involved [...]
Forget gender equality,
make your own rules
By Shoba Narayan, Mint, November 7, 2009
Gender parity is desirable for individuals and countries, but ultimately living your life as a woman involves not just competing with the males but also cherishing those qualities which make both women and men gloriously different and therefore unique
Tomorrow, the World Economic Forum’s [...]
Today is World Mental Health day. In India we have one national institute dedicated to Mental health called NIMHANS at Bangalore. As per WHO , 2% of a nation’s population suffer from some sort of mental illness while 1% suffer from serious conditions like Schizophrenia,bipolar,severe depression etc. We have 3200 psychiatrists,900 psychologists,700 psychiatric nurses for a [...]
It is estimated that there were nearly 157 Training camps for “freedom fighters” in Pakistan. Out of which nearly 52 camps were located in Azad Kashmir. The earthquake destroyed nearly 19 camps in Azad Kashmir. But today after 26/11 strikes in Mumbai there are a total of 62 camps in Azad kashmir [...]
I wanted to tell the story of a typical Indian woman and also an American woman of Indian origin.Sudha Murthy speaks as a typical south asian woman while Indira Nooyi is an American to the core. I only hope Pakistani ladies like Amna,Nazia,tazeen,Isha will find their stories interesting.
Wives’s role in INFOSYS creation
The following story by [...]
