Feb
28
Kashmir, Fake Encounters and the Indian Army
February 28, 2007 | 6 Comments
Human Rights Watch talk about the Kashmir situation:
Behind The Kashmir Conflict
Summary
The dramatic escalation in May 1999 of cross-border shelling between India and Pakistan, and fighting between Indian troops and militants who have crossed over from Pakistan, have focused international attention on the security implications of the conflict. But the pattern of systematic […]
Feb
27
Tounge is Mightier Than the Sword
February 27, 2007 | 1 Comment
I posted it long back on my old blog. I am reposting it for those who are interested in Pakistan.
UPDATE: (Warning:) This is in Urdu. About 23 mins.
Feb
26
Is the Qur’an Eternal?
February 26, 2007 | 1 Comment
We were discussing Ayan Hirsi Ali at Id’s blog.
There he asks “how can a book, 1400 years old, can still be relevant?”.
I can not access blogspot for some days. So I will try to answer here.
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Let me ask- how do we set this time scale? Situations changed a lot within the life-time of Muhammad (S) […]
Feb
24
Religion Makes Fittest
February 24, 2007 | 21 Comments
“… and fear Allah, so that you may prosper” the Qur’an (2:189)
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An estimated 84% of the world’s population attach themselves to one religion or the other. 16% of the world’s population do not. Even some of them may not be Atheists. Just does not like institutionalised religion.
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Feb
24
Flop
February 24, 2007 | 6 Comments
I took my last post off the hook. It was in no way relevant to this Blog.
Apologies.
Feb
23
Digg
February 23, 2007 | 4 Comments
Frends and fellow bloggers on wordpress, digging is easier now.
I guess you already know about it. I just want to point out in case you have not.
Digg is a social recommendation site. You like some news, blog, or whatever: you digg it (which means you vote for it) by clicking on a button (either on […]
Feb
22
Walking in Tehran
February 22, 2007 | 20 Comments
I watched the video I referred to yesterday.
I liked Tehran. I saw lanes of south Tehran before, in Children of Heaven. I was surprised to see that Tehran has an underground rail. That too, very slick. Well yeah, I did underestimate Tehran. A quick search told me the metro was built around 1995, and there […]
Feb
21
Carpets of Iran
February 21, 2007 | 8 Comments
An Persian man making a (persian) carpet.
I have added a video to the video page. It’s called Inside Tehran. Check it out.
( peoplesgeography led me to the video)
Feb
20
The Mongol Catastrophe and Aurangzeb
February 20, 2007 | 40 Comments
I come across some funny opinions.
Mongol Catastrophe
This (www.islam-watch.org/HistoryOfJihad/jihad_against_mongols.htm) was rather interesting.
To quote this writer:
“…The relatively unknown story of how the Jihadis tormented the Mongols and Turks leading to a fierce and vicious counter-attack by the Mongols on Islamdom from 1200 to 1258. An attack that was fiercer than the Crusades and which nearly wiped out […]
Feb
19
Closer Fights
February 19, 2007 | 4 Comments
A few days ago I posted an opinion that two cultures, close enough, cause more friction than two far apart. Diganta protested.
I promised I will come back to it.
This is a rethought.
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We saw that in some cases two close cultures cause no friction, two alien ones do.
The determining factor seems to be
1. whether one culture […]