Torkham to Wagah

sameerJB #35 I think your correction to the Torkham leg (not to be confused with chicken leg) of the headless chicken`s journey is appropriate. In addition, the chicken would witness audio-tapes being burnt as the mullahs in power in the provincial government seek to demonstrate their grasp - or lack thereof - of governance, religion, and common sense.
And yes: I see that Chowk Staff quietly removed that ``vote no on war`` in Iraq poll that I was complaining about. This poll was no doubt inspired by that great contribution of Pakistani generals to political science, namely the Single Option Poll (i.e. you either vote their way, or you take the Sher Shah Suri Highway).

saminashah #39 Chowk staff are no doubt high minded in their desire to see peace around the world. I was merely pointing out that slip in their high-mindedness when one of them absent-mindedly presented us with a SOP (Single Option Poll) that I describe to sameerJB in the post I just sent him.
I think you forget, in pointing to chowk staff`s peaceloving nature, that freedom of expression is also a necessary part of a progressive society. Otherwise, all you get is the peace of the grave. Or the peace that prevails under a dictatorship.
Personally, despite all these pictures of demonstrations around the world that chowk staff now shows to make their point, I think there is much to be said for getting rid of Saddam. Even if this is not politically correct.

It should be named Shamless Chicken

SaminaShah Ji: I have never seen a banner on chowk against Islamic or Hindu extremists. According to their mission of purpose statement, that comes much before for South Asians than no war against Iraq. Since when Iraqis become more important than South Asians for chowk? Are they all Syeds or because they speak Arabic?

How long should we continue prefering Kashmiris, Palestinians, Iraqis over Pakistanis, Indians and other South Asians? It is really a ba ba black al-baqar (cow in Arabic) Pakistanis mentality.

When did chowk put up a banner for basic human rights (democratic) of Pakistanis when a burglar ex-COAS took over the country? The Pakistanis order of priorities depict inverse logic.

I grant reason for antiwar but not top priority, particularly of South Asians. Why should I support blindly an intellectually debatable cause if Pakistan`s energy bill is likely to go up as a result? Why should I support a cause blindly that gives extra time, courage and teeth to Islamic extremists back in Pakistan? Why should I support a cause blindly that indirectly prolongs Musharraf`s stay at the helm of affairs in Pakistan by virtue of his utility to US war against terrorists? Why should I support an Ummah cause when I don`t even claim to be a Muslim?

These are very important things for me to consider before signing on to saving one Ummah from another Ummah.

Q. Why did the chicken cross the road?

A. Relatively speaking, it was the road that moved under a chicken leaving him stranded in the seventh century.

Blame it on the road for moving when it was the nature of moveable chicken to control changing of position. Once the chicken did not move, wishing a change in his position from Y-axis to X-axis, the natural outcome turned him into a headless chicken. A variable made constant inevitably cut its head off.

It is not the headless chicken that is able to hop around the world; the moving world is constantly shifting its position. It is incapable of hopping India-Pakistan border because, euphemistically, it is not moving as well with rest of the world. Two stagnant positions - that of headless chicken and India-Pakistan border - make it a case of static equilibrium (scientifically), arrested civilization (socially), status quo (politically), true believers (religiously) and laughing stock (internationally).

Would headless chicken like to listen to a song about chicken? If so, listen to, `kukRa dhammi dia, kooh vaile ditti aa baang` by Mansoor Malangi - pride of the city of Heer. He can listen to it at www.apnaorg.com.

Tahmed and Sameer Bhais,

If you`ll reread Chowk`s mission of purpose, you`ll remember that they support peaceful alternatives of South Asian dialogue to the usual pragmatic war mongering. And I for one fully support them in this effort.

Rozaiba #34
.....And Pervez Musharraf would say, ``because the chicken was expressing the Kashmiri chicken`s inalienable right to self-determination``. :)

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tahmed32: #31
I agre with you if headless chicken represent chowk-staff. They ought to be neutral in war/ antiwar issue. If it is by an individual - more likely now it seems - no point denying the right to express his beliefs on his own thread.....in his `own` article.

By the way, I wish to revise `Torkham to Wagah` now that MMA rules NWFP. [The bus is parked indefinitely at Torkham. It started with conflict among various sects to lead prayers for blessing for a safe journey. Mullah took one hour for two nafals because he recited longest surahs after fateha in each rakat. Once blessing was completed, another ethical controversy arose. Some people were wearing shalwars too low, below the ankles. When asked to lift shalwars above the ankles, some lifted too much and legs became visible. Now everybody is waiting for a decree from the head mufti at AkoRa Khattack to settle the issue: `where does ankle end and leg begins?. In the meantime, ablutions are broken and redone left and right.]

SaminaShahji: Next headless chicken article should be plaigiarization of Romair`s post, something like, ``Blitzkrieg from Amritsar to Aligarh by 111 brigade of Panzer Division``. Ich bin einen Luft......und sie sind dumkopf volken...gemachten?``

hc, nice account of journey.

i read this sometime somwhere:

depending on who you ask, you will get a different answer to the question:

Why did the chicken cross the road?

Louis Farrakhan will say: The chicken represents the white man, the road the black man. the chicken wants to trample over the black man.

saddam hussain will say: Because it was the mother of all chickens.

George Bush Jr. will say: Because it was told, `either you are with us or with the terrorists`.

Vajpayee: Because it was indulging in cross border terrorism.

etc. etc.

Why is everyone busy trying to cut off each other`s heads? Are we at Panipat already?
Its curious that those most exercised at the namelessness of the author are those who choose to remain nameless themselves (Urstruly) or post obscene remarks under multiple nicks(FARANGI_KUSH). Do they think we are so dumb as to be taken in by such hypocrisy and pseudo-piety? Why are they running around like headless chickens themselves?

Put your heads back on, enjoy the article and move on.

Veeresh
I read one of your articles on cars in the Outlook and another by Mr Baig in a flight magazine. Understood only the authors names alas, which I pointed out to my own parivar.
PS:do say sorry now.

sameejb #25 :-)
I think the CHOWK STAFF (I am using urstruly`s technique to get attention) missed my post since I am sure they would have apologized for slipping into fascist habits of our military dictators and provided us the option to vote contrary to their views concerning the war on Iraq, so I am re-posting it:
CHOWK STAFF: I notice below the headless chicken is a sign that says ``I vote no to war`` (presumably this is about Iraq) that one may click on. There is no room for anyone wishing to vote ``YES to war on Iraq``.
I thought such Hobson`s Choices were presented to the community only by military dictators in Pakistan (and Iraq too, per recent ``elections``) making a mockery of the election process through a single-choice ``referendum``. I never expected to see CHOWK STAFF do this.

with a little help from ``Bacchus``.The recipient of your good luck interacts friends and others. Got to chowk when my ship was just about to transit some very narrow dangerous,straits. It did`nt feel good not having the facility to pass on the buck to seven other jokers, before the danger was
past.So I sat down and prayed hard to Lord Sandwich ji to check out whether he had authorised anyone to send chain mails on his behalf and guess what ? He said that back where he hangs out ,there is no internet, yet! He had applied for for a TCP.IP or shell account but was waiting to be assigned a password. He also told me to use the terrestrial internet to inform his followers that this chain mail thing was being used by Bill Gates and Co to increase the number of hits so that they could get advertising revenue. He even indicated the involvement of Coke,Pepsi and the Postal department as an afterthought. But still, not convinced, I asked him if this chain mail by letters or email or interacts to seven unsuspecting jokers were approved by him to which he replied`` Son, when you get these ``pass on the buck mails``, do things this way, first send a message to them saying ``The buck stops here`` then use block
sender option, then get down on your knees, pray hard to any God you worship and then carry on with your life. Don`t confuse superstition with
religion. So,my dear friends, why should we propagate these things?Regards from your terrestrial contact of Lord Sandwich.

PS After the above mail I have got a lot of threats from the the Dung & Bhang & Hung Parivar, and also my own parivar who are also into this passing on the buck thing! I also heard that there was a
``Supari contract `` out for me from Osama Bin Laden and Samosa Bin Aloo!

I now have things to do. I have to start a website called Harkat - e - Jaalfrezi Rogan Josh Keema Mutter Baidaa Ghotala so that I, too, can collect some money.

This is not mine alone . . .

#26 Good sleuthing Watson ;)

Chowk staff,

Could Gulab Jamun Sahib submit the next Headless Chicken install?