Articles with tag: patriotism

Irrational Patriotism, Liberalism and Nuclear Arsenal

Raza Habib Oct 28, 2009 interacts: 155

Right now as the army is waging a war in Waziristan, instead of univocal and unconditional support, it is being criticized for being hard on so called “good” Taliban.

Flying Home

Sarwar Sukhera Mar 24, 2009 interacts: 11

Patriotism demands that we fly by PIA, also because no one else does. The airline must be doing fantastic business since its always fully booked regardless of date or destination.

The Tablighi and the Doctor Hop a One-Way Plane

Omer Aijazi Mar 13, 2009 interacts: 36

It just doesn’t seem right when uncles and aunties argue in their jaded accents that the country is imploding - while sipping coffee in their 24 hour patrolled neighborhoods in Houston and Toronto.

I Fell Among (the APPNA) Doctors

Aziz Akhmad Jul 10, 2008 interacts: 42

Like the conductor of a choir, with one hand raised, she piped up with a full-throated ‘Paaak sar zameeen shadbaad … The children simply stared at their toes in embarrassment.

Is It Treason to Question

Amer Nazir Apr 7, 2008 interacts: 15

In the General Hospital in Lahore, in the top most brain surgery institute of Pakistan, people lie in verandas in unhygienic conditions.

Flower’s Desire

Rahul Malviya Jul 11, 2006 interacts: 53

Translation of a poem by Pt. Makhanlal Chaturvedi

The new face of US Warfare

Zeynab Ali Oct 30, 2003 interacts: 59

A few weeks ago when a US District Court sided with a relatively unknown satirist Al Franken and admonished the right-wing Fox News empire calling its arguments ‘extremely dubious’, it ‘officially’ broke a taboo of silence against

Of Curiosity, Optimism and Hope

Zarine Habeeb Oct 13, 2003 interacts: 120

Whenever Indo-Pakistani matches would be played, it was incredibly curious that I, the cricket-hater was assumed to support the Pakistani team by several of my friends in Government Law College, Ernakulam, India.