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He was, I think, speaking in jest. A ironic, self critical remark, not to be taken seriously.

I've read a little about the lawyer's movement - great stuff. But I was referring more to the system below the very highest layer. I suspect that will take time before it too becomes history.

How did we Hindus come into this argument, Jana? And if 'Hindu roots' were to be an argument, that would include a heck of a lot of people in Pakistan, no?

Their metro is segregated? :blink: :rofl::rofl::rofl: I have read his "Seven Pillars Of Wisdom" and "The Mint". He was a heck of a guy, but you nailed it right there buddy. On the topic itself, I've never been to Saudi Arabia, but from what I've read and heard, it does not make for...

No offence to you Waqas, and I am not trolling - what you say is fair enough, and there's really no answer to that. But the wonders of our kortwals and our adalats in the sub continent. :rofl:

I have to say this - if this was said by a military dictator, i.e. Musharraf, I would have dismissed it out of hand. But when an elected head of state says the same thing, it carries a different impact, a weightier meaning. To me at least. I disagree with President Zardari, when he says...

Look at it dispassionately. It says something for both India and Pakistan when we argue about who won wars years after they were fought. Dad's armies?

This is where the Maoists have just lost a battle, a crucial battle at that; hopefully it will be enough to give them a severe setback. I say they have lost the battle because they have attacked civilians and on a major scale. They and their cause will lose all public sympathy for at least a...

RIP to the dead; Inna Lillahi wa Inna Ilayhi Rajioon. On a related note, I hope some that those who support fundamentalists and their ideologies will realize why these people are dangerous. They want everyone to be exactly like them, and the only way they know how to do it is through...

Not really. The only thing that is surely proved is that the Indian state does have some capacity for introspection, open debate and trying to absorb the lessons of the past. Not to get into a d*ck measuring contest, but nations, armies and institutions that fail to do that will always...

Very easily. They are tools who live from one moment to another, and couldn't care less about minor irritants such as logic and consistency.

So many responses, so little time. Agencies Report: In a stunning development Inspector Hare Lal of the Special Branch (The Really, Really, 'Special' Branch) was ordered to repeatedly sing 'Kabutar Ja Ja Ja' in an attempt to get the pigeon to fly back and identify its handlers in Pakistan. At...

Zaki - On Husnehaqiqi, truly beautiful song, even from my limited understanding of Punjabi.

Precisely.

Here's a contrary opinion. There are mostly no good best capital cities anywhere in the world, especially in South Asia. They all have the stink of power, of political arrogance, where who you know is a reflection of who you are. Where your worth is determined by the bureaucrat or politician...

To answer the question plainly. I don't think Hindus are any better than anyone else in developing countries when it comes to brutality against women. The difference is: Hindu honor killings rarely happen among Hindus in the west. On the other hand, the frequency of honor...

This is a very interesting story. I know Gen Jacob second hand and he is a honourable man. Now then...certainly, I for one thought we'd sunk the Ghazi...although kallol has stated in his earlier post that: In any case, it was news to me. Fair enough - from my perspective you have...

Well, coming from you it's a POV I would respect, although I'd have rejected it out of hand from many other people here. I guess what I'd want to discuss, elaborate, is the following: Who would lead the revolution? What would be it's consequences, i.e. have we though it through? How many...

RIP to the warrior.

We're talking about it there threads, where everything becomes a d*ck measuring contest. :P