Zia Ahmed
Nostalgia, Inc. Dec 31, 1969
Jaipur: where thakurs can get you bumped off for a variety of reasons.
Linguistic Imperialism Dec 31, 1969
Ramadhan? 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.
Dark Knight of Multan Dec 31, 1969
Buttmian doesn’t buy the facile argument that the terrorists aren’t Muslims because no Muslim would harm another.
The Rational Warrior Dec 31, 1969
A Mukti Bahini guerilla who fought for Bangladeshi liberation in 1971 looks back at a time of madness
Miracle on 35th Street Dec 31, 1969
A certified post-menopausal woman had just given birth to a piece-of-the-moon baby. Hallelujah.
Movie: Fahrenheit 9/11 Dec 31, 1969
“It`s so great,” said my dinner companion firmly, “that someone is finally speaking up for OUR side!”
Jaipur Dreams Dec 31, 1969
If my father was an Indian until the sixties, what does that make me?
Our Racism Dec 31, 1969
Of course, none of us are actually of Indian descent
One Day in The Life of a (legal) Alien Dec 31, 1969
They’ll soon start doing this for everybody, you know
The Death of Patriotism Dec 31, 1969
Conversations with Pakistanis
Dissing Ideologies Dec 31, 1969
The slums of Bombay are indistinguishable from those of Karachi
A Cultural Revolution? Dec 31, 1969
Folks, the cable-TV revolution has come to Pakistan!
Movie: Lumumba Dec 31, 1969
it will not be the history that is taught in Brussels, Paris, Washington, or the United Nations


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