India-Pakistan: Empathy, grief in Pakistan for Mumbai mayhem majumdar ... masadi! ... trouble in paradise??

India-Pakistan: Empathy, grief in Pakistan for Mumbai mayhem Re: # 10; kcs
[[May more power and unity be to the liberal, open-minded and humanity-loving people on both sides of the border. ]]

.... ditto

Mumbai Attacks: Shocking Re: # 603; Eklavya

Parthaab bhai can't be bought ... he is a man of princliples and an upholder of the truth (thumbs up)

... incidently, how much are you prepared to offer me?? (pure curiosity ... you understand!)

Terror in Mumbai.....and also in \'Bannu or somewhere\' Re: # 10; true Madani sahib

Zardari is the democratically elected president of Pakistan and about time vermin like ST come to that realisation ... the 160 million DID NOT vote for Taliban or the like ... so deal with it!

An Indian Muslim Re: # 97; masadi

you miserable fool! tell me one useful thing in the silly book you so revere that either wasn't known at the time or couldn't be figured out via simple common sense?

If the answer is yes on both accords then tell me why it was needed in the first place?

PS: the questions are purely rhetorical

An Indian Muslim Gandhi ji did make mistakes .... he was human as the rest of us. What's disturbing is that some Hindus should harbour and nurture the same level and style of communalism they accuse others of ... the very fact Gandhi ji is hated by the most militant and aggressive Hindu organisations is a vindication of his sincerity towards the sort of India he dreamt of.

I am with Beej on this one, Despite what people have said, he'd have to be one of the most balanced interactors here.

An Indian Muslim Re: # 55; nb

well said and agreed with fully! ... and yes thank you Eklavya ... nb did leave the silly arabic book out ... mustn't forget!

what in the name of God is ballat kaar??

An Indian Muslim Re: # 27; dawa

I am part of a minority where I live ... and believe me (and Shoaib) the difficulties and problems lie more with the minorities at times than the majority ... I had no problems growing up and progressing through life .. nor did my siblings .. because education was deemed important in our household ... the story is very different for most though ... I can tell you for sure if I'd been born in my native land, I'd be doing 'kaashkaari' like my cousins and considering my self lucky to be around!

in 'our' world we expect the minorities to make concessions ... why do we have different rules when we ourselves are a minority?

Mumbai Attacks: Shocking Re: # 296; VRV

yaar you don't have to stoop to other's level now do you?

The Taliban and Our National Interest! Re: # 176; tahmed sahib

I for one am happy with my identity as a human being, you should know that by now ... however, tribalism seems deeply engrained in human psyche ... my support for an ethnic muslim identity is meant to be the first step in uprooting this menace for good ...

... afterall I have seen you many a times thanking Jinnah for Pakistan! ... if 'humanity' is the be all and end all ... where is there any room for such luxaries?

The Taliban and Our National Interest! Re: # 171; tahmed sahib

I am all for an "ethnic" identity for muslims ... and will continue to advocate this concept as much as possible ... to me, people like Marat Safin etc are equally valid muslims .... trouble is it is the muslims themselves who oppose this concept more than any one! they insist on bringing in silly ideas like 'faith' into it which goes against your otherwise commendable interact

Sexless and Loveless Marriages Re: # 26; dialogue

do you always do as the 'pastor' tells you on other matters too? ... if yes, fair enough; if no, then where's the relevance?

Sexless and Loveless Marriages Re: # 24; parthaab bhai

I agree ... this thing has got completely out of hand ... and it'd appear not just in the west

The Taliban and Our National Interest! Re: # 95; hamidm sahib

Truth is the muslims are not exclusive when it comes to difficult co-habitation with the 'other' .... many examples throughout history .... the ultra-orthodox jews still live 'separate' and parallel lives to the 'mainstream' ... even in Israel itself .... communists can't live with anyone else unless THEY are the dominant ones ... the hindus achieved it by declaring (at a stroke) the undesirables amongst themselves as the 'untouchables' ... hence avoided having to kill them off (since hinduism also promotes 'non-violence') ... rather 'utilising' the "untouchability" to the advantage of the 'higher' casts!

I am beginning to think this "non-violence" has more to do with the 'lack of balls' on the part of the hindus rather than borne out of any sense of altruism or of fairness ... it is hardly fair to treat fellow humans as 'untouchable' ... is it?

Politics of PPP and Asif Zardari Re: # 60; majumdar
[[I always thought the guy was an idiot. Now, I have to reconsider.]]

you crack me up sometimes majumdar!! LOL!!

The Taliban and Our National Interest! Re: # 1; majumdar

it is a very patronising thing to say ... by that logic majority of countries in central europe won't survive either! ... not only that they have, they are doing rather well