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Posts Tagged ‘Hindus’

Excess of Everything is Extremism

By Aftab Alam • Feb 27th, 2010 • Category: Politics

If the excess of everything is extremism then softening is no exception. We were either denying their due rights or we gave the former East Pakistanis a free hand to elect a betrayer to betray. We are either licking legs of Hindus just for jazzy talks - or we are out to fight against them [...]



Mumbai’s Jewish and Muslim Heritage

By Shayan Khan • Dec 3rd, 2008 • Category: Politics

Until two decades ago the highly cosmopolitan Mumbai (or Bombay) stood as a shining example of the peaceful co-existence between Hindus, Muslims, Jews, Christians, Parsis or any other religions and sects. I doubt that the centuries-old traditions would vanish in the wake of a tragedy unleashed by a few hot-headed and misguided/brain-washed young people this [...]



MQM : A Political Reality or A Terrorist Outfit

By Sameer Shaharyar • Apr 16th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

After the power-sharing formula has been foiled by the appointment of Shoaib Suddle as I.G of Singh, the MQM and PPP have parted ways and now MQM would play the part of opposition in Sindh and National Assembly, and this is good for the democracy, as MQM would be a formidable and active opposition which [...]