Mumbai attacks through an indian bloggers eye

Embedded video from <a href=”http://www.cnn.com/video” mce_href=”http://www.cnn.com/video”>CNN Video</a> Embedded video from <a href=”http://www.cnn.com/video” mce_href=”http://www.cnn.com/video”>CNN Video</a> I would like to condemn what has occurred in Mumbai in the strongest possible terms and urge everyone to put aside their differences and stand together in the face of this atrocity. We really cannot let these terrorists play havoc with…

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Darkness within

It’s really difficult to describe the sensation of load shedding to someone who is unfamiliar with their power getting interrupted. The incident in question happened after the last “major bombing” incident, you may insert whichever one is the flavor of the week in Pakistan; a friend of mine called to check up on my well…

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IsI closes political wing

In a startling but very pleasant surprise the ISI has decided to close its “Political Wing” here in Pakistan. This wing although never clearly acknowledged has been for the last 3 decades indulged in skull duggery with our political setup which includes spying on politicians, fixing deals to let one government stay or creating anti…

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How haraam is yoga?

We as a religion are not doing much for our namesake. I am speaking of the double edged sword that are “Islamic fatwas” Yes they may be used to bring a community together on a platform on an important issue but this power is often misused to really baffling results. Most people today know of…

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Obamaism’s part I

In the not too recent past we have been proud to bring a series of Bushism posts hopefully to the delight of everyone out there that reads this space, yes even you in the camouflage baseball cap holding a gun bought from wall mart. So since the new president has now been officially elected, I…

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The new Coastguards

At first glance you dear reader would think I am perhaps doing a review of some new Baywatch type series full of babes and sand, however to my comic horror this is the name adopted by the newest menace on the face of this earth Somalian Pirates. Piracy has been a problem in Somalia for…

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