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Its Not About Gender or Race Anymore

America has certainly (and finally) come a long way to witness and participate in an election which will choose between a black man and a woman to run for President.

OPEN Silicon Valley Holds Fourth Annual Forum

This full day affair incorporated three keynote speeches, four panels and workshops and approximately three hundred people in attendance.

Meeting Poet Ahmad Faraz

What do you say when you meet what many consider the greatest living poetic craftsman of the Urdu language today? When you meet Poet Ahmad Faraz, you can pretty much say whatever you want.

“A Mighty Heart” is a Mighty Sad Movie

It is the story of Mariane Pearl, one vulnerable, pregnant and devoted wife who is caught up in the search for her loving husband Daniel

The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid

Mohsin Hamid describes his work as “half a conversation.” “I do half the work and the reader does the other half”

The Gap: Can the USA and Islam Bridge It?

“American Muslims have become too full of themselves,” said Dr. Khan at a discussion in California. He attributed this to the tolerance of Americans and added that if a 9/11 type event happened in India, thousands of Muslims would have been sl

The Cry of “Your Honour” is Now Silent

Mohammad Ali, Pakistan's superstar, is no more. He married the darling of the Pakistani Film Industry Zeba giving birth to Ali-Zeb films

Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

A concerned Brooks confides in his wife that he did once visit an Al Qaeda website for just 5 minutes and that maybe the letter from the US State Department had something to do with that

A Muslim Pope?

Many myths about Jinnah have been created for the people of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan by local spin doctors. They emphasize on Jinnah’s “Jihadic” efforts to win their country for them

Earthquake and New Tears for a Paradise Lost

Any immigrant’s distance dilemma is rejuvenated by sudden reminders and the weight of memories of a home that no longer exists. And sometimes like being in an earthquake, one is jolted into thinking back and to shed new tears for one’s peopl

Music: Infiniti

Junooni is Born

Husain Haqqani calls for Pakistan’s Acceptance of Global Realities

From the interview with the author of Pakistan: Between Mosque and Military

A Taste of Lahore

Since lunch in Delhi was a big affair, the officially forced frugality at weddings in Pakistan was quite welcome, as bowls of chicken corn soup was all that was served. Good soup though!

Deliciously Delhi

Food and history are something that both Delhi and Lahore have in common.

Meeting Sattar Edhi

No visitor to Karachi can ignore the presence of the Abdul Sattar Edhi and his wife Bilquis and their work on behalf of Pakistan’s poor.

Benazir Bhutto Visits the Bay Area

One does not have to agree with her political viewpoint. But it would be extremely unwise to ignore her in the Pakistan context.

The NCM-AI Poll and Us

Pakistani-Americans reported “significantly higher” levels of discrimination in America since September 11, 2001 than both Arab and Iranian-Americans

Muslims Meet the FBI

A mutual outreach effort is underway across this country as American Muslim leaders and officials of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) have been getting together to address not only the concerns of one party but also the expectations of the other

HDF Scores a Century in Santa Clara

Report on a fundraiser

Karachi Kamera in San Francisco

“What is Karachi?” some of the replies heard were 1) “Karachi is something you smoke.” 2) “It’s a cheese.” ...

OPEN’s New Beginnings

He said, “If somebody tells you that it can’t be done, prove them wrong.”

TiEcon 2004 Certainly One Step Ahead

Coverage of TIE Conference 2004

Interfaith Meeting Discusses “ISAAC OR ISHMAEL?”

event coverage

Khamosh Pani Breaks a Long Silence

“Khamosh Pani” (Silent Waters) is a unique Punjabi movie that is slowly making ripples in the cinematic world.

Music: Controversy

Track 11 “Give it Up” is somewhat juvenile.... It will certainly get this CD banned in Pakistan.

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Remembered

Was he a Saint or Sinner or a bit of both?

UC Berkley’s 19th South Asia Conference

The selective nature here becomes all the more important because out of all South Asian countries, it was certainly Pakistan that happened to be the “flavor of the week” in the American news media complete with several stories on nuclear prol

Pakistan as a Frontline State in the Terror War

A group of students at the City College of San Francisco probably got more than they bargained for as its instructor Professor Javaid Sayed made it a Pakistan Night of sorts for his 'United Nations Class' nearing the end of its semester.

The Children of Abraham Share a Unique Heritage

A few people in Lodi, California led by Randy Rosa’ decided that instead of honoring separately a figure that all three of them revere, their reverence should instead be converted and used as a tool for creating inter-religious peace and community h

Kashmir from the Left

Challenge yourself to dream a little -- The recent verbal pugilism by India and Pakistan at the United Nations reminded this reporter of a “Discussion Forum on Kashmir” held in San Francisco at the end of last month.

Barriers: A Review

It is about five individuals (four from the Abbas family and Roger) who are trying to deal either directly or indirectly with the fallout of 9-11

Ghalib In California

To those of us who still retain the ability to “feel in Urdu” while writing exclusively in English, a Bazm gathering sometimes becomes a “must try to attend” part of our social calendar

TiECon 2003: The Year of the Huddle

a symbolic Football “Huddle” which may very well become a part of Hi-Tech Management style from now on.

Book: From South Asia to North America

Born on an April day during the year 1915 in the Old City of Delhi to the second wife of his father, the author grew up in a house off a street called Gully, Masjid Kalay Khan.

In Search of Peace and Flowers

personal perspective on the January rally

Columbia

Columbia is no more

Snakes And Ladders

Islam is a religion and not a profession. Terrorism on the other hand...

OPEN (Silicon Valley) Holds Seminar

This was an “All-American” business gathering, with a Pakistani-Indian twist

Husain Haqqani at UC Berkeley

Pakistan has to revisit its relationship with India

Sir Syed Day in Northern Calfornia

Event Coverage

Northern California Premiere of 'The Long Night'

A group of people called the “3rd I” are making a sincere effort to promote what they call South Asian Underground Cinema.

Worldwide India-Pakistan peace movement begins?

It is time for Indians and Pakistanis worldwide to re-humanize their enemies

TieCon 2002: Innovating for Success

what divides us today can be bridged via the path of free enterprise

DIL’s Caravan of Hope

DIL has already changed the lives of over 8000 underprivileged children

Deja Vu

General Musharraf should be open and honest

Lessons From the Pearl Murder

He was dealing with some very dangerous criminals who have used the masquerade of religion for too long

India, Pakistan and America’s Mixed Signals

War is the last thing that we need there

Benazir Bhutto in Sacramento

the terrorist’s greatest fear is the spread of information, social equality and democracy

Afghanistan Reflections

big mistakes were made

TiECon 2001

Inside the recent TIE conference

The Indo-Pak Summit, Kashmir and the Taj Mahal

One cannot expect a solution from just one summit on the complex Kashmir problem ...

Goodbye, Allah Rakhi

“Thank you” one last time

Give Peace a Chance in Kashmir

...it is possible that an “adequate” solution for the Kashmir problem may already have been found.

Desi Fate

Why is it that all Indians are so smart and well behaved?

Desi Olympics 2000

1.3 billion people, 2 bronze medals

Computers for Pakistan

Hidaya Celebrates Independence Day

Shahnaz Begum and Memories

memories of a less complex time

TIEcon 2000 Generates Hope

Entrepreneurship in the 21st. Century

Book: MOTH SMOKE

One of the finest novels ever written on the other Pakistan

Let us Not be Foolish

Mistakes, misunderstandings and downright hate have led us too long in India-Pakistan relations...

Movie: Earth

The question now is as Kashmir bleeds between us, who is ready to listen?

Kabul

there is a silence over Kabul

Movie: My Son the Fanatic

A look at Hanif Kureishi`s latest screenplay

Why Not This One?

Of Sharifs, Bhuttos, missiles and carrots.

Heat Wave

Of a people used to scorching summer winds

Bangladesh Memories

And all the bridges we hoped to build between us still nowhere

Madame Noor Jehan and Urdu’s Best Song Ever

A tribute to the Malikah-e-Tarannum.

Is Impeachment Realistic

Scandal and sex are easier to start than explain. Just ask the President.

A Beggar From Karachi

And the loss has now reached the healer Hakim

Lata Mangeshkar & Noor Jahan Chalte Chalte

The nightingale of India and the other great voice of the sub-continent.

Mir

Another avenue of hope left them with much unsaid.

Listen South Asia

A poem of protest

Nuclear South Asia: An Explanation to America

The US and the rest of the world needs to help in the resolution of this issue because if we don’t address it now we will all hear about it later.

Blasphemy

One helpless Bishop with a gun in his hand...

Crying Buddha

Three tears fell to wet the Indian desert on
This grim and horrifying day in May as ...

Saint Or Sinner?

To the memory of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. A controversy that continues.

Kashmir

Let Kashmir speak, world don’t turn away
Its not just mist that we see in her eyes

Super Bowl XXXII

...It [American Football] may appear to not have the finesse of Cricket or the dexterity of Field Hockey. But ... 

Swinging Cradles

This poem is dedicated to Bilquis Edhi and Karachi’s Khazana-I-Atfal (Babies Nest)...

The Pakistani Connection: An Opinion

Pakistani media watchers have to be concerned today because people and the newspapers in this country have recently started mentioning Iraq and Pakistan in the same breath.

Ras Siddiqui

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