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“…Bangladeshis genrally advertise their restaurants as ``Indian`` restaurants…”

That’s right, with Tandoori Chicken, etc. Hmmmph. And then they won’t even sell us their gas. Very naughty, I say.

“…unlike the Pakistanis who advertise their restaurants as serving ``Pakistani-Indian`` cuisine…[and have] names like Shahzaan, Mezbaan, etc. and spartan Muslim decor inside.”

Perhaps, but mashallah, the food is always excellent. There’s a place here in Sydney called Fahim’s, popular with all the taxi drivers, and the food is just unbelievable. Their tandoori chicken really IS better than ours. (I never knew you could get different varieties of tandoori chicken – lemon, garlic, chilly, etc. Is this a new invention, or have we been missing out in Delhi for all these years?)

Plus nihari, paye…and this pathla sa naan cooked right in front of you.

Unfortunately they tend to get a bit edgy when I tell them I’m from India, but I only do that AFTER eating. (And I haven’t been since nuclear showdown dhoom dhaam, either. I’d have to watch them like a hawk while they cooked, I suspect…)

Hey, Scout! Do they still have the Islamabad Café on a very hairy block of 14th NE in DC? (Somewhere north of P.) It’s right next to a housing project and you practically have to be carrying to get there safely, but the food makes it all worth it.

arjun_m

``OOH!! Evil corporations run by evil white men(republicans to boot) are spreading wrong impressions about pakiland...``

...sorry to cut into your crowing, but another amerian company has already taken over the align operations and should be starting their operations in about a couple of months...happy hunting...

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Anika Zaidi #70

oh my god, now you have really proved that Sumit Ganguly is real liar and probably a thief. He has gone on an indian army tour of Kargil area, like many other media people! Disgusting !

Your proof is so compelling. We always knew that Sumit Ganguly was a disgusting ``hindian`` now we know even worse things.

Never mind that Sumit Ganguly has written books, articles and gives dozens of talks. We don`t need to know anything about that. Why bother with reading any of his books or articles? Why bother with analysis or introspection? The guy is an indian and a hindu as well, the case is closed just like your mind!

shankar #69
Thanks for your belated empathy though you seem a bit conflicted about it. It would be really nice if chowk was a place where anyone could express their opinion on the articles and issues without being told on a daily basis by other posters that they donot `fit in`.

However much chowkwallahs may resemble hooting treehangers, its only a discussion board not a herd run by chest thumping alpha males.

The Author`s frustration is understandable. All the non Caucasians face this discrimination at one level or the other and while this article is an eloquent way of expressing the feelings , the solution to the problem is not to lament but to work through and around the system. I wish the author all the best in her endeavours.

``Pakistan doesn’t need us, we need Pakistan.``

Pakistan is you. You need yourself to redefine your future. To come out of hatred, bigotry, illiteracy, pettiness and rise high.

Rgds,

jntuece99

pmishra .........

1) i am faced with reality

2)pakistan is failing in many respects compared to india

3) despite all those things you said honestly india is your country and be happy with it pakistan is our country and we are happy with it it is our sh---thole we want peace acceptance and success i agree let pakistan stop comparing itself to your country because it is NOT your country ..............we will succeed on our terms not yours

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Hydra,

re..``This is a perception of realities through a sensitive young impressionable & student of media advocacy lobbying & patriotism of A.F.S....``

How do you define ``sensitive``, and ``impressionable``? Show us the text where you could apply these words.

re: ``...Look at the unanimous herd mentality of Hindians from Arjun_m to all inclusive Sadna have a knee jerk reaction of DENIAL ,perhaps even without reading the scathing each line of this article.When dont see even one dissenting voice i(metaphorically Eklavia is exception)among more than dozen hindians attack on Sarwari.....``

How can one be ``sensitive`` ``impressionable`` and yet ``scathing``?

How is Eklayva ``metaphorically`` an exception? What is the metaphor in his being an exception?

What is a ``Hindian``? I think this word reflects the kneejerk reaction of denial of a certain many headed interactor who has taken on the name of ``Anika Zaidi`` to pretend he is a woman and is using language that he does not understand. NO ONE BELIEVES YOU, HYDRA! GIVE IT UP!

re. Zafar, ``(Also, we are not THAT bad, really, you mustn’t let it put you in a bad mood.``

LOL! Love your style! It is totally disarming without being frivolous!

Shame Shame Shame---

Why is it necessary to convert a person for marriage?

Why only non-muslims have to convert?

Why this emotional blackmailing?

Why believers want to go to heaven by converting innocent girls?

and so on-------

Heavenly marriages?

By Imdad Soomro

Questions the motives behind the marriages between Hindu girls and Muslim boys.

``I have not been enticed by anyone. I am an adult and am in love with Sher Muhammed. His love hasled me to Islam,`` said Geeta, who has since changed her name to Aisha, before local journalists at the Saddar police station in Jacobadad. ``I have disowned my past and my family on my own will. I have accepted Islam which, I swear by Allah, is a sacha deen (the true religion).Now we will live and die together.`` With the court process and legal necessities completed, the couple confessed their eternal love for each other and were allowed to live as husband and wife.

Twenty year old Geeta, who lived in Bhittai bazaar in Jacobabad, fell in love with 26-year-old Sher Muhammed, her familydriver.She fled with him to his village Laal Bux, where she converted to Islam and took the name Aisha. Her ailing mother registered an FIR of rape and kidnapping against Sher Muhammed at the local police station. They were arrested by the police and kept in custody.

However, when on 16th April, Aisha declared that after having accepted Islam, she had married Sher, the court created no obstacles for the couple. ``This is parsaad for you, my sweet daughter,`` the weeping mother was heard telling her daughter, who refused to accept it.

The issuance of aconversion certificate is not a problem for the sajjada nasheen of Dargah Aliya Amrot Sharif.Many are known to obtain a certificate here, particularly asHindu girls convert before the gaddi-nasheen. In May this year, 19-year-oldRani, a Hindu from Hyderabad, fled with Deedar Thaheem to convert at the Dargah Amrot Sharrif.``I`ve been in love with him for the last five years. I will be with him till my last breath,`` she announced to a local journalist.

In April, another 18- year-old Hindu girl, Kaweeta, became a Muslim and married her partner Aijaz Ahmed. Ateacher by profession, she fell in love with Aijaz, a clerk at the Cambridge school in Jacobabad.``She was the sole source of the family income,`` says a local citizen. ``Her father was ill and retired.`` When news of their liaison broke out in the school, the management dismissed her and she then joined another school. The affair, however, continued.

They fled to Qambar, where she converted to Islam at the Dargah of Sayed Hussain Shah Bokhari and adopted a new name, Shabana. Clad in a yellow outfit, Kaweeta gave a statement in court: ``We now want to start a promising new life.`` Aijaz reaffirmed her sentiments. The court decided in their favour and allowed them to live together.

In a land where such relationships are frowned upon, many people feel that girls from minority communities,who convert to Islam, are given protection by religious zealots. ``They think they are serving their religion,``says a resident of Jacobabad.When such cases occur, militant organizations are quick to ensure that the couple is protected. In many instancesthey have gatheredoutside the court till a decision is announced.

Last year in Shikarpur, Laxmi, a married Hindu woman, ran away from home with a Muslim man, Murad Shaikh. Although she converted to Islam, she soon felt ``guilty`` about her decision.``She was captured in a couple of days by the leaders of areligious party who also sought the help of the police,`` said a local insider. When Laxmi was brought before the civil court, her mother, Gullan, askedto meet her in private. When the granted her permission, religious militants reportedly attacked the court. The police was immediately deployed on the premises and Gullan was unable to meet Laxmi.

``You cannot rule out the hand of fundamentalist groups in this phenomena,`` said Eshwar Laal, Mukhi of the Hindu panchayat in Sukkur.``While many do indeed fall inlove, more often that not, that is not the case. Whatever the reason, this is weakening the Hindu community.``

``Love is a universal thing,`` argues Bajandas, the president of the District Bar in Sukkur. ``But why are love affair between Muslim girls and Hindu boys rare? I believe it is because the Hindu community cannot afford these kind of relationships. There may be `silent love affairs` but they will never dare to come out with it.``

``Because the Hindu community is not socially protected, we have to suffer, like we have beenfor the last 53 years``, said a young student in Jacobabad. However, there may be some hope in sight. ``After the joint electorate we may be protected by the sardars. and waderas,`` said Eshware Laal.

There have been some cases of failed relationships as well.Seema, a21-year-old girl from Obauro converted to Islam after falling in love with Manthar. She left her family and married him but soon after decided she no longer wanted to remain in the relationship. Unfortunately, her parents refused to forgive her and Seeta committed suicide.In Kandhkot, 20-year-old Bably eloped with a Muslim tailor, Muhub, but soon left him when she could not deal with his family`s restrictions of purdah. Fortunately for her, her parents were supportive of her .

The president of a Hindu panchayat (who does not wish to be named) in upper Sindh, said, ``When a Hindu girl leaves her home and flees with someone, it is not seen as a big crime.Moreover, as we are a minority and do not enjoy the protection of the police or other state institutions, we cannot do anything to prevent such acts of humiliation.

People in upper Sindh still remember the tragic love story of a young Hindu man, Pawan Kumar, who was in his fourth year at Liaquat Medical College, Jamshoro.He fell in love with Saima, a beautiful 23-year-old womanfrom a tribal caste in Sukkur. When Saima`s family discovered their relationship, they were both killed with axes and their bodies were thrown into the river.

Poverty, the caste system and community bigotry all play a role in the result of such tragic incidents. ``Religious groups are inciting individuals to lure girls from the Hindu community. They tell youngsters to do what they have to do and that they will do the rest,`` said a local journalist. What was once a matter of love has now turned into a matter of faith - and innocent victims have to pay a price.

PAKISTAN OF TAHMED,

You can call me a hatemonger a thousand times, but most know that I do not indulge in that. They are hurtful to the pakistanis, but never hateful. It is hurtful especially to those who are deceitful, tries to whitewash the past, who believe that it is all a question of publicity. It is unbearable to those pakistanis who wants to hide the reality of pakistan, who does not dare to tell the truth.

Let me give you some examples. There has been at least a couple of articles on chowk abouyt honour killings by established pak journalists. It was all about the tragedy, the tribal customs, poverty, lack of education. NO ONE dared to say that honour killing is legal in pakistan. NO ONE has ever explained why in the most high profile honour killing only Asma jiahngir was charged. TAHMED, this dishonesty in reporting.

Now take the recent gang rape case. If I remeber even you circulated a mass petition to arrest the criminals. Why NO ONE dared to say in this context that under the pak legal system, there has to be two male eye witnesses to the rape to secure conviction. TAHMED, this is white washing the reality of pak society.

Thses are hurtful to you that the reality is said on the chowk, but in the long run dishonest people like you will do more harm to pakistan than me.

For you this is humiliation of pakistan, to me it is speaking the truth so that there is some hope for pakistan.

No pakistani realises the harm being done by people like ylh, ayasha, romair etc by never telling the truth.

I have only one question.

Why Robert Mugabe is a failed head of state?

I WONDER WHY INDIA DENIED VISA TO AMNESTY ?

May be ARJUN_M might reveal some secret reason safe with him in code language only he can decipher ...

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Amnesty denied visa

By Anjali Mody

NEW DELHI July 22. An Amnesty International team has been denied visas to India because it wanted to go to Gujarat to investigate the massacres and other human rights violations and to monitor the progress made in bringing their perpetrators to justice.

In a statement issued today, Amnesty International said, ``This refusal damages the image of both the Indian and Gujarat Governments before their citizens and the international community. A Government which fully accepts its responsibilities in protecting its citizens and upholds their constitutional rights to life and equality does not shy away from international scrutiny.``

Amnesty said that the Indian Government`s refusal to grant it access to the State would ``only reinforce the concern that the Government of Gujarat and the State police might have been accomplices in preparing the ground for the violence and in allowing it to occur and could be attempting now to cover up involvement of their officials.``

This is not the first time that the Union Government has prevented the international human rights organisation from coming to the country to study rights violations. Amnesty teams apply for research visas; these applications are processed not by the visa section in London but by the Home Ministry. The Ministry appears to have a growing list of States and subjects that it considers too ``sensitive`` for study by a human rights organisation like Amnesty. In the past, Amnesty has been refused visas because it wanted to study the human rights situation in Jammu and Kashmir and the north-eastern States.

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Novo suspends trials of Dr Reddy`s molecule

TIMES NEWS NETWORK [ TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2002 12:30:18 AM ]

NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: Shares of Dr Reddy`s Laboratories, India`s sixth-biggest drugmaker by market share, slumped to a near-one-year intra-day low on Monday after its Danish ally drugmaker Novo Nordisk suspended clinical trials on its promising new diabetes compound DRF 2725 or ragaglitazar.

Dr Reddy`s, which has been among the high-flying Indian pharma shares, fell 18% in early afternoon trade to Rs 830, a level not seen since July 24, ?01. The stock closed at Rs 874.20, down 13.8% while the BSE healthcare sector index fell 3.6% to 1,312.06, and the benchmark BSE sensex slid 2.4% to 3,153.34.

On Monday, Dr Reddy`s said that rodents ? including a mouse and a number of rats ? on whom initial animal trials of 2,725 were done, developed cancerous tumours in the bladder causing Novo to suspend human trials until a complete risk/benefit assessment of the compound was done. Though the tumours could be specific to rodents and may not occur in humans, Novo said it stopped human trials for patient safety reasons.

Some brokerages are believed to have already factored in the royalty to DRL from sales of this compound in various countries including the US from ?05 onwards, which partly explains the steep drop in the share price, but sentiment also had a role to play, analysts said. Even if clinical trials are initiated again, filing for approval with regulatory authorities is expected to be delayed by close to two years.













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