As children we learnt that Pakistan didnt have a national anthem until the 1950s. My journalist uncle Zawwar Hasan used to tell us of a reporter friend who visited China soon after Independence. Asked about Pakistans national anthem, he sang the nonsensical laralapa laralapa.
If these...
A tipping point in the Afghan war
M.K. Bhadrakumar
The Kunduz incident has led to the compulsion, felt for a while already, for Berlin to redefine the German role in Afghanistan.
Two fuel trucks hijacked from a German convoy get stuck in mud on the Kunduz river banks in northern...
The fizzle doesnt really matter
R. Rajaraman
Those who worry about the effectiveness of our deterrent should concentrate on ensuring the survivability of the fission weapons in the event of a first strike rather than on building an unnecessary arsenal of H bombs.
Some time ago, the former...
How Margaret Thatcher pleaded with Gorbachev not to let the Berlin Wall fall out of London
The fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 was hailed in the West as a seminal moment in its struggle against Communism and sparked a wave of euphoria. But, it has now emerged, that behind those...
I thought disputed areas under Pakistan was all hunky dory with people distributing sweets on a regular basis, to celebrate being under the Pakistani Government. This is kinda showing the other side. I dint know that there were vociferous protests against this presumed autonomy move. Strange...
yap! and Pigs started flying..
On a second thought..
Yeah.. They do..
"Swine Flew(u)"
You and your conspiracy theories.. I guess to you Zaid Hamid is the ultimate Truth and the world is a conspiracy theory to keep Pakistan occupied from capturing the Andromeda galaxy..
:cheesy:.
Really expected a lot more from you Muse. You were quite better earlier.
How come I don't see you providing the same advice for your own country men when the PA tries to provoke IA with ceasefire violations. Lot of Pakistanis' seem to be cheering Chinese. These brain laden people say that...
:D I can already think of a couple of members who will reply here and I can think of some vitriolic comments too ;) Come monday and I will be able to tell you that i told you so :P
Aint a debate possible here? you guys just pick a sentence out of an article and bash India and Indian media and then pat each other on the back for the same. Has it ever come under your senseless brains that the article has one glaring idiotic statement, where it compares Kasab with Jinnah...
Point made. India worse than Pakistan and Bangladesh. Salute to thee of the chosen land. Poor Indians. and to think that they have wet dreams of Superpower. How the fish is it possible. Damn.... these stupid Indian dreamers. Come on dude.. How can they even think of being a region super power...
The Hindu : Front Page : Ishrat Jahan killing also a fake encounter: probe report
Ishrat Jahan killing also a fake encounter: probe report
Manas Dasgupta
Vanzara, among police officers, named for “cold-blooded murder”
AHMEDABAD: In yet another setback to the Narendra Modi...
Household chores dwarfed by scale of universe
Charlie Brooker
News that Andromeda is eating stars makes it hard to care about putting out the rubbish.
The sheer breadth of human knowledge is a wonderful thing. But sometimes its scary. I was aimlessly clicking my way sometime ago around...