My Ruined Breakfast

i liked `my ruined breakfast`, better than `the ruined breakfast`.

AnNy, which one do you like?

I think Chowk-valas liked both.

anNy,

The Chowk editors liked your article so much they want us to read it again. I did. And I liked it even better the second time.

And yes, it`s the second n. But why is it capital? I asked that before, if you remember. Write, will you.

Anny`s next instalment…

`The Big Breakfast,` (where Anny discusses the political fat cats)

Followed by…

`My Little Breakfast,` (where Anny discusses the political underdogs)

and then…

`Chholé Puri` (The lifestyle of the poor average Pak)

`Halwa Puri,` (What the feudal folk are)

`Samosa and daal` (don`t ask)

`Tea and coffee.` (How the colonial mentality pervades amongst us)

...And finally…

`Antacids.` (The people who write political speeches for the leaders of Pakistan-witty that innit?)

Only kidding, matey. Just having a larf;)

UM

``This week has started of most interestingly``

There`s that great (left) hook. Ali woulda been impressed. ``Most interesting?`` Who the hell talks like that? You have the writing style of a 40 year old widow. Put some flavour into it, this was like lickin sugar free vanilla ice cream made from lactose intolerant goat milk. Maybe its not your fault. Do all NDN`s talk like that?

``She gave me a painfully pointed look and said “precisely, my dear child.``

Ive never met a girl on the bus who give a painfully pointed look (whatever the hell that means). ``Precisely my dear child?`` What inna hell are you people on? Sound like santa`s little elves.

``I mean, do we look stupid?``

Breathtakingly. Musharraf is a power hungry lil b1tch. I am not surprised that he managed to fool so many Paki`s and NDNs. Yall had me laffing four months back when 99% of u were drooling over him because he sided with Amaerikkka. Since when does SELLING OUT make one courageous?

Goodbye my dear child. Sorry, I mean Tootles...

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Romair:

As one of Musharraf`s biggest supporters are you reading this from The Economist on Musharraf`s failures (his domestic agenda is stalled, relations with neighbors are terrible, and terrorism is stalking the land, and today`s NY Times states that the US Ambassador has suddenly found a new love for family and in a career-debilitating move has asked her boss Colin Powell to transfer her back to the US in only her 9th month on the job)? Pay special attention to the passage, and incorporate the cold facts in your business plans for making Karachi the next Bangalore of S. Asia:

``…The economic cost of failure is already clear. Foreign investment flows have all but dried up. Exports are declining... Instead of being helped to participate more effectively in the world economy, it now risks being shunned as a country that is unsafe for foreign investors. Within hours of the bomb attack, the New Zealand cricket team flew home, abandoning the test series with Pakistan…". The full article follows (sorry, weblinks do not work for subscription only sites):

Pakistan`s terrorist war

May 10th 2002

From The Economist Global Agenda

Pakistani police are trying to trace three men believed to have been involved in an attack which killed 16 people, including eleven French citizens. The al-Qaeda terrorist group could have been involved, which has renewed doubts about Pakistan`s ability to control Islamic extremists

``TERRORISM is stalking Pakistan with impunity``. So said Pakistan`s Dawn newspaper in an editorial the day after a suicide bomber killed himself, 15 people and wounded 22 others outside the Sheraton hotel in Karachi. The bomber blew himself up in a car parked next to a bus, which was about to take French construction workers to the dockyards where they were helping to build submarines for the Pakistan navy. The attack was one of the worst involving westerners since the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington last September. But it is the third time this year that foreigners have been singled out by terrorists operating in Pakistan.

The attack has increased pressure on President Pervez Musharraf to deal with Islamic terrorists in his country, not least because of the damage the latest attack will inflict on the confidence of foreign investors in an economy that is already in deep trouble.

French investigators have also arrived in Karachi to help in a joint investigation into the attack, said Michele Alliot-Marie, France`s newly appointed defence minister, who was despatched to Pakistan by President Jacques Chirac. He called the bombing murderous, cowardly and odious.

Several hundred people have been rounded up by Pakistani police. In particular, they are looking for three men who are thought to have bought the car which was used in the attack. Investigators said the attack was carefully planned and executed, which has increased speculation that it may have been linked to the al-Qaeda terrorist group.

General Musharraf faces a difficult dilemma in trying to combat terrorism. Immediately after the events of September 11th last year, he decided that Pakistan should stand full-square behind America in the war that President George Bush declared on international terrorism. For General Musharraf, that was a high-risk decision. Pakistan had been one of the few countries to recognise the Taliban government of its neighbour, Afghanistan. Islamic extremists are a powerful force in Pakistan and are believed to have given wide support to the al-Qaeda fighters who fled during the American bombing campaign. Policing the border with Afghanistan is virtually impossible, and many al-Qaeda suspects are now thought to be sheltering in Pakistan.

As part of his compact with America, General Musharraf ordered a crackdown on suspected terrorists. Several thousand were arrested, but most of them were susbequently released, and none has so far been charged with any offence-illustrating the double game which many western officials believe the Pakistani president is trying to play. He wants to be an American ally, not least because he needs the financial aid Washington is prepared to provide to its friends in the region, even those America previously shunned. As the leader of a military coup in which he seized power in 1999, Mr Musharraf was shunned in the west.

By joining the war on terrorism, he changed that. But General Musharraf`s position is more precarious than he would like it to be. He cannot afford to alienate too many of his countrymen, particularly Islamic sympathisers in the armed forces, who keep him in power. The overwhelming victory General Musharraf won in the recent referendum he held to determine whether he should continue in office for another five years, was not an accurate reflection of his popularity.

The bomb attack in Karachi could push Mr Musharraf towards more aggressive action against suspected terrorists. Some government officials at first suggested the blame might lie with Pakistan`s neighbour and bitter rival, India: relations between the two countries have been more strained than usual in recent months. But although nobody has claimed responsibility for the attack, al-Qaeda terrorists are seen as the most likely suspects.

Many foreigners had already decided to leave the country when gunmen killed five worshippers, including four westerners, at a church in Islamabad in March. Most non-essential staff at the American and Canadian embassies have been sent home. The government may well argue that it needs more financial help to counter terrorism more effectively, but even if such aid is provided it could be conditional on Pakistan narrowing the gap between tough language and ambivalent action.

The economic cost of failure is already clear. Foreign investment flows have all but dried up. Exports are declining. Pakistan is a country of 140m people, many living in poverty. It is one of the most backward countries in the world in terms of its treatment of women-fewer women get an adequate school education than in most developing countries, for example. Instead of being helped to participate more effectively in the world economy, it now risks being shunned as a country that is unsafe for foreign investors. Within hours of the bomb attack, the New Zealand cricket team flew home, abandoning the test series with Pakistan.

French citizens have been warned not to travel to Pakistan for the time being. Although one of America`s principal allies, France has sometimes been seen as unreliable by Washington. A recent spate of anti-Semitism in France, coupled with French criticism of Israeli policy towards the Palestinians and the unexpected success of the far-right National Front party in the first round of the French presidential election, strengthened American doubts. The Karachi bomb could bolster French support for Mr Bush`s war on terrorism. But more surefooted action is needed in Pakistan to make the war a more effective one.

allaaaaaaaaahhhh chowk staaafff...kya maslah hae bhai? aik tau its anNy NOT aNny...dooosra N is big pehla walla NAHIN..and sweetie, this is the purana wala version and the sahee wala is already on the front page...?

`Why Musharraf clings to power` (International Herald Tribune)

http://www.iht.com/articles/57227.html

anNy or aNny?

anNy, your previous article ``The Ruined breakfast`` shows anNy as the author but this one titled ``My Ruined breakfast`` shows author as aNny. I guess Chowk Staff is not careful with your name. Sue them for attributing this article to a ``different(technically?) author``.

Helloo!!!!!!!!!

This article was already up here!!!!!!!!!!