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Nobel Peace Prize that 'a' Bush certainly missed! All the world's a stage 'Ich bin Berliner'
Sun Nov 1, 2009 5:13 PM EST
This is a story of three great men, Helmut Kohl, George Bush, and Mikhail Gorbachev as picked from the streets of Berlin, recollections of my Parisian days and some selection of episodes from the book "1989: The Struggle to Create Post-Cold War Europe."
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Duplicity of sinners and significance of virtues!
Sat Oct 31, 2009 5:40 AM EDT
Late last night over a cup of coffee, an intense discussion on 'duplicity of sinnners and significance of virtues' led an incessant sinner like me relying heavily on the arguments of Rudyard Kipling's 'If' and Lao-Tzu, where he is quoted to say that 'the softest things in …
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The curse of suicide bombing takes firm root within intra-Muslim rivalries
Sun Oct 18, 2009 7:34 AM EDT
Suicide bombing has replaced the art of mediation and nonviolent dissent; it has taken firm root within intra-Muslim rivalries where suicide bombing has now graduated to a level where brother eliminates another brother in the name of Islam.
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Free and open mind is the key to success!!
Mon Sep 7, 2009 6:20 PM EDT
By Iqbal Latif
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A journey through the 'Killing Fields' to Viet Nam - Why the Socialism concept should die!
Mon Aug 31, 2009 5:00 AM EDT
After the crimes of the Holocaust became globally identified, the humankind vowed it would never take place again. But history since 1945 has shown that the global village has stood in vain, again and again, as genocide unfolds.
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On 'Did Islam convert India via the sword?'
Thu Aug 13, 2009 12:42 PM EDT
"Perhaps the interpretation of the Koran would now be taught in the schools of Oxford, and her pulpits might demonstrate to a circumcised people the sanctity and truth of the revelation of Mahomet." Edward Gibbon, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 1776-88, musing on wha …
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Traditions we love and die for. Why can't we treat 'Tradition of Faith' as a part of human folklore?
Sat Jul 18, 2009 1:25 PM EDT
Stories of benign and bloody traditions are immense help to societies to keep connection with their roots. Some of these, when viewed with coloured glasses and heavy prisms of strictures, become religious rituals.
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In response to "Why the Arab World is not free?"
Sun Jul 5, 2009 5:10 AM EDT
(A recent discussion and a dialogue spanning over few sittings with my Egyptian intellectual friend Dr. Wafik Moustafa and Father Michael Seed. )
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Some "Godly" and other "not-so-godly" thoughts…
Sun Jun 28, 2009 9:06 AM EDT
I think 'Religion' has been rightly called the opium of masses by Marx. Unquestionably, religious-based prejudices have led to disintegration and division of man over our short conscious history. I hold Providence's selectivity of information responsible for these divisions.
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Random thoughts of Tagore and Gandhi
Sat Jun 27, 2009 2:34 PM EDT
The debate between Gandhi and Tagore, men of hugely different temperaments and world views, on nationalism still makes for absorbing reading.
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Bye Michael, RIP. We will always remember 'We Are the World' message back in 1985.
Fri Jun 26, 2009 11:10 AM EDT
Written and composed by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie (USA for Africa) Lionel Richie There comes a time when we heed a certain call Lionel Richie & Stevie Wonder When the world must come together as one Stevie wonder There are people dying
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On arrival of the 'unexpected' and 'unpredictable' at 'The Lords'
Sun Jun 21, 2009 4:51 AM EDT
The fact is bowlers win matches and the 20/20 final composition has just shown that teams with the best bowlers that can choke the batsman from making runs will take the day.
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Why English and not Chinese, French or Spanish cross the 1,000,000 word threshold?
Sun Jun 14, 2009 5:17 AM EDT
Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and range of time, and is both the free and compacted composition of all. - Walt Whitman
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Does President Obama need to get his historical facts right?
Sun Jun 7, 2009 12:48 PM EDT
History is too sensitive to be treated arbitrarily when one is addressing a schism that dates back 1400 years and is at the heart of the modern day clash of ideologies. To my taste Obama should have done some more homework.
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Villagers in North attack Talibans - People finally get even with Taliban
Seeded on Sat Jun 6, 2009 8:40 PM EDT ()
The people of Hayagay Sharqi held the Taliban responsible for the deadly suicide blast in a mosque that killed 49 worshippers on Friday and launched the action to kill or evict them.PESHAWAR: Hundreds of armed people of Hayagay Sharqi, Kilot, Doon and Man Doog attacked six villag …
Mr Obama thanks for using so charitably from 'How do the terrorists justify terror by citing Islam?'
Thu Jun 4, 2009 2:03 PM EDT
"They have killed in many countries. They have killed people of different faiths. More than any other, they have killed Muslims." Do not let your hatred of a people incite you to aggression.
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Cricket day out - An Idyllic England summer afternoon
Mon May 25, 2009 5:20 PM EDT
LDHCC vs Old Isleworthians (24/05/09)
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Kuwaiti elections - A tale of "first among equals"
Sun May 17, 2009 8:16 AM EDT
In a major leap forward, Kuwait has elected its first female MPs following the oil-rich country's third general election in three years. US-educated Aseel al-Awadhi and Rola Dashti were among winners in the third district.
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Under the same roof, three different views..
Seeded on Sat May 16, 2009 6:06 AM EDT (Newsvine)
Interesting debate on Indian democracy on Rayhan's 'Face book led to this article that Zack and Rayhan separately published today.
'Priest and Professor' together chart the contours of development of a nation
Mon May 11, 2009 8:58 PM EDT
''The banking and finance capitals that could have emerged in the coastal cities and regions of Alexandria, the Yemen and Sumatra, as rivals to Europe were stemmed in their infancy.
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A recitation of the history of human thought. It is fortunately collective and secular!
Sat May 9, 2009 9:24 AM EDT
Islamic Scholars have asked me ''Iqbal, Newton had an Islamic influence in his education. I forgot his name, do you know whom I am speaking about?''
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Random thoughts - If 'Jesus' existed, the probability of sharing 'His Holiness' cell is extremely high.
Sun May 3, 2009 5:50 AM EDT
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. (King James Bible) I hope Providence overlooks our transgression and accepts our repeated repentance.
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Why I don't want to be a philosopher? "Let no one unversed in geometry enter here."
Sat May 2, 2009 8:59 AM EDT
As time passes by in the twilight of one's career, the most painful predicament is when one becomes aware of 'so much to learn with so little time available.' It is always the inadequacies and gaps in my comprehension of universal truth, the very idea of knowing so little a …
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'Swine flu' is another panic hoax like ' Y2K, Avian and Sars.'
Mon Apr 27, 2009 5:20 PM EDT
Mexico swine flu deaths spur global epidemic fears - Most of those who died sought medical help only after the disease was well advanced, Mexico City Health Secretary Armando Ahued said. By Sunday, throngs of Mexicans were rushing to hospitals, some with just a fever.
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Co-operation: A Key to Peace
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Nobel Peace Prize that 'a' Bush certainly missed! All the world's a stage 'Ich bin Berliner'
This is a story of three great men, Helmut Kohl, George Bush, and Mikhail Gorbachev as picked from the streets of Berlin, recollections of my Parisian days and some selection of episodes from the book "1989: The Struggle to Create Post-Cold War Europe."
Clinton: We're not getting through to Pakistanis" After three days of encounters with America-bashing Pakistanis - who rejected her contention that the U.S. and Pakistan face a common enemy - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday that "we're not getting through."
Duplicity of sinners and significance of virtues!
Late last night over a cup of coffee, an intense discussion on 'duplicity of sinnners and significance of virtues' led an incessant sinner like me relying heavily on the arguments of Rudyard Kipling's 'If' and Lao-Tzu, where he is quoted to say that 'the softest things in …
TARP Loan, FASB Rule Change, Inflate Asset Values, Create Money, Loan Money, Buy Stocks, Pay Back TARP Loans, Declare Profits, Pay Billions In Bonuses: "What A Country!"
Suffering from a popped rigged bubble in your economy? Looking for a way to stop asset price declines? Is your State near bankruptcy due to the economic collapse? Did your pension fund lose billions investing in CDO's sold as Triple A and rated Triple A by Standard & Poors - Mood …
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Co-operation: A Key to Peace
Nobel Peace Prize that 'a' Bush certainly missed! All the world's a stage 'Ich bin Berliner'
Nobel Peace Prize that 'a' Bush certainly missed! All the world's a stage 'Ich bin Berliner'
Nobel Peace Prize that 'a' Bush certainly missed! All the world's a stage 'Ich bin Berliner'
Nobel Peace Prize that 'a' Bush certainly missed! All the world's a stage 'Ich bin Berliner'
Duplicity of sinners and significance of virtues!
The curse of suicide bombing takes firm root within intra-Muslim rivalries
The curse of suicide bombing takes firm root within intra-Muslim rivalries
The curse of suicide bombing takes firm root within intra-Muslim rivalries
The curse of suicide bombing takes firm root within intra-Muslim rivalries