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Besides writing fiction, A.H. Cemendtaur writes on contemporary issues. Writing both in Urdu and English he has authored seven books available at: http://members.tripod.com/clickville_bookstore/Bookstore/
Born in Karachi in 1963, he now lives in San Jose, California
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Islam vs. Islam
Ali Hasan Cemendtaur May 11, 2005 interacts: 55 Views: 8756Junoon concert at the Stanford University, held on May 1... If there is such a thing as a clash of civilization, it is all happening within the Islamic sphere.
Basking in Controversy
Ali Hasan Cemendtaur Jan 2, 2005 interacts: 3 Views: 3081'Suppressed Voices', a cultural program hosted by Friends of South Asia (FOSA) in December
The Dream of a Crime-Free Society
Ali Hasan Cemendtaur Sep 17, 2004 interacts: 5 Views: 3081He seemed agonized. I asked him what was wrong. He had called his folks in Karachi and learnt about a robbery next door to where they live.
Affright
Ali Hasan Cemendtaur Jul 18, 2004 interacts: 6 Views: 1929'What did you call me?' he asked, with some fury.
What did I call him? I didn’t call him anything. I just said hello.
The War on Terrorism Stalled?
Ali Hasan Cemendtaur Jun 30, 2004 interacts: 14 Views: 2475This was the first, albeit the most important, of many legal fights to come.
Adrift
Ali Hasan Cemendtaur Apr 22, 2004 interacts: 10 Views: 2292The path of violence seems to be the easiest path to follow ... Only if countries could grow stronger and prosperous on murder and mayhem!
Our Loved Ones Left Behind
Ali Hasan Cemendtaur Apr 14, 2004 interacts: 46 Views: 5298Don’t ask us to come back. We are too weak to go and live in that country.
My Nephew’s Martian Retreat
Ali Hasan Cemendtaur Mar 26, 2004 interacts: 9 Views: 2279I won’t get married till there is a sustainable human colony on Mars. I want my future wife to give birth to the first child born outside Earth.
The Spring Initiative
Ali Hasan Cemendtaur Mar 11, 2004 interacts: 33 Views: 4080A clandestine military operation to raid various areas of Pakistan’s lawless Waziristan Agency, bordering Afghanistan. It is an attempt to snare Osama Bin Laden who is said to be now communicating via hand-written notes from his hideout.
Haiti Hurts
Ali Hasan Cemendtaur Feb 28, 2004 interacts: 16 Views: 2365This transpiring violent change of government is horrifying because I have witnessed this phenomenon in Pakistan, in the late Seventies.
Separate Destinies?
Ali Hasan Cemendtaur Feb 20, 2004 interacts: 266 Views: 21542Monday, February 16’s Daily Dawn reported the Pakistan Election Commission’s reversion of its decision on joint electorates for Muslim and Non-Muslim citizens. With that fatuous announcement the clock was turned back two years--the courageous
The Quarterbreds of Californet
Ali Hasan Cemendtaur Jun 23, 2002 interacts: 8 Views: 2017What choice is left in the face of such enmity?
Of Violent Birth and Peaceful Death
Ali Hasan Cemendtaur May 19, 2002 interacts: 270 Views: 25485I have a dream for South Asia
On the Nature of the Principal Civic Contracts
Ali Hasan Cemendtaur May 18, 2002 interacts: 11 Views: 2548Is anyone amongst the current world leadership dreaming with us
Just the End of the Beginning
Ali Hasan Cemendtaur Sep 13, 2001 interacts: 49 Views: 5297... will the arraignment of Osama BL be the end of the story?
ChhooManter (as in Anter Manter ChhooManter)
Ali Hasan Cemendtaur Feb 26, 2001 interacts: 39 Views: 3735Never take candy from strangers, never trust their promises either
Interest Free Pakistan
Ali Hasan Cemendtaur Jan 21, 2001 interacts: 270 Views: 22739their only strength is in destruction ...
Ali Hasan Cemendtaur
- Articles on Chowk: 17
- First article: Jan 21, 2001
- Latest article: May 11, 2005
- Times read on Chowk: 118999
