Articles with tag: ram
Obama's Ramadan Message to The Muslims
saeed qureshi Aug 22, 2009 interacts: 7The Muslims around the world must have been elated and inspired by this address, a sermon from the president of a nation that not in the distant past was talking of re-launching the crusades.
Pubs, Liquor Shops and Women Empowerment
Rohan Dharesh Feb 18, 2009 interacts: 118CPLFW: Consortium of Pub-going, Loose and Forward Women. Should we take it that these women believe going to pubs and having sex outside marriage as a matter of right?
History & Origins of Pakistan's Nuclear Program
Ali Chishti Nov 20, 2008 interacts: 5By September 1976 one hundred acre site near Kahuta was personally selected by Dr. A.Q. Khan. Kahuta’s secretive work was known as Project 706.
Miley Sur Mera Tumhara
Shantanu Dutta Oct 13, 2008 interacts: 22These days it is not enough any more to be a Hindu alone. No – indeed you have to be a particular kind of Hindu.
A New Kind of Charity this Ramadan
Fawad Butt Sep 1, 2008 interacts: 9Being vigilant and demanding transparency is not optional but imperative. We must learn to treat our donations as investments in the future of Pakistan.
Reviving the Pakistani cinema
Laila Kazmi Aug 14, 2008 interacts: 25For those who have been patiently awaiting a quality film by a Pakistani director, Mehreen Jabbar has just provided a cause for excitement.
Sunset at Uluwatu
Rajesh Shankaran Jan 27, 2008 interacts: 2Anjali and I had spent the afternoon in Tanjong Benoa. A small touristy cove off the Southern End of Bali, it had been a typical beach bumming day banana boating, snorkeling...
In Remembrance of Martyrdom
Asif Naqshbandi Jan 19, 2008 interacts: 14A translation of the Urdu elegy “Zikr e Shahadat� by Mawlana Hassan Raza Khan
Mukhtar Mai's December 11th Fundraiser in Sacramento
Ras Siddiqui Nov 13, 2007 interacts: 40This effort is not about dwelling on what already happened but what's possible; to change the future of some girls and women in Southern Punjab.
Nandigram Turmoil, Boiling the Nation
M B Qasmi Nov 26, 2007Left Front used a private army to recapture Nandigram in November 2007. 600 people were killed. The Muslim friendly, Kisan Friendly and Labourers friendly mask of Left is torn.
Taking a Gandhian Approach to Avenging the Horrors of Singur and Nandigram
mehul kamdar Nov 18, 2007 interacts: 8In Singur and Nandigram, poor farmers have easily been displaced from their lands, beaten, killed and driven out by a combined force of Communist cadres and the local police.
The Ramadan Ordinance
Saad Anis Oct 2, 2007 interacts: 8In 1981, the Ramadan Ordinance was issued by President of Pakistan Zia ul Haq, whereby eating, drinking and smoking in public during fasting hours in the month of Ramadan was declared unlawful.
Dillu Ram Kausari: The Hindu Poet who Loved The Prophet
Asif Naqshbandi Sep 28, 2007 interacts: 210One quatrain, in particular, shocked the entire community in India, both Muslims and Hindus.
Periyar An Iconoclast and a Reformer
Shantanu Dutta Sep 20, 2007 interacts: 15Dr. Ambedkar found his answers (to caste problem) in Buddhism, Periyar felt the answer lay in humanism and he became progressively an atheist and a rationalist.
Dev Anand - Romancing Life at 83
Shantanu Dutta Sep 16, 2007 interacts: 12The launch of Dev Anand's autobiography Romancing with Life is being done by no less than PM Manmohan Singh.
Ramadan Special: Tales of Sufi Wisdom
Asif Naqshbandi Sep 12, 2007 interacts: 287Since Ramadan is supposed to be a month for bringing dead hearts back to life all the episodes here chosen have the theme of life and death.
Pandora Box of Television in Pakistan
Shahnawaz Farooqui Feb 21, 2007 interacts: 246How can dozens of TV channels run profitably in a country, where the total volume of the advertising industry is not more that six to seven billion rupees?
Muharram 10: ’Ashura: Commemorating Imam Hussain- The Prince of Martyrs
Asif Naqshbandi Jan 29, 2007 interacts: 199A translation of a section from Jami’s Shawâhid al Nabuwwah
The Iftaar Party Scene
A Ali Oct 17, 2006 interacts: 11It felt as if in a jiffy, every second person was smoking out there and I am pretty sure I saw someone sipping a Jack Daniels!
My Ramadan
Fiza Asar Oct 5, 2006 interacts: 279This year before Ramadan I thought to myself – “at last after four years Ramadan back home!” Interestingly enough, last year I had Pakistan to miss, but this year I am terribly missing Ramadan in college.
Ba, Beti aur Bahu
Farzana Versey Apr 5, 2006 interacts: 95Uma Bharti is putting on the loner act for only one reason – to save the BJP’s top rung. The real loner here is Sonia. Her godfathers are ghosts. Are both of them “mind-controlled victims”?
How Real are Reality Shows?
Sabaa Ali Mar 24, 2006 interacts: 10These shows are fired by sensationalism. Unless a complete 24 hour day can be shown, editing will ensure that the mundane will be subdued and the dramatic will be blown out of proportion. Contestants have complained that their personalities have appeared
Linguistic Imperialism
Zeno Oct 20, 2005 interacts: 310Ramadhan? I may not have fasted since I was sixteen, but I’m pretty sure that the month of big appetites and short tempers is called Ramzan.
Ramzaan Mubarak
Temporal Oct 6, 2005 interacts: 54Being a good Muslim, or being a good Insaan is a 7/24/365 proposition. It is disarranged folly to think that by abstaining from food and drink for thirty days and indulging in some rituals, the rest of the year is fair game for other travesties.
The Rainy Season
Beej K Singh Sep 22, 2005 interacts: 67Goswami Tulsidas looked differently at the rainy season from most.
Ramadan: Then and Now
Altaf Bhimji Jan 18, 1999 interacts: 15Looking a few thousand miles into the past
Seasonal Swings
Neelofar Farooq Nov 9, 1998 interacts: 3The city’s notorious matchmakers get down to business and tie up the loose ends...
