Hindustan Times
My guide Zevit was particularly happy to show me around Haifa, a post-card Israeli town by the Mediterranean. This was her hometown after all. Read more
(13 votes, average: 2.23 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, July 29, 2012 at 7:19 pm
Filed under World · Tagged arab spring, democratic, economic slowdown, Facebook, GDP, hindustantimes, housing, inflation, Israel, Isrealis, Protest, Tahir Square, Tel Aviv, They call me Muslim, Zia Haq
Amid a late afternoon pitter-patter of a monsoon downpour, which came after a long, bewildering summer wait, I reached for an Oxford Classics copy of War and Peace by Tolstoy, whose doctrine of non-resistance is said to have influenced Gandhi. The characters of Pierre, Andrew, Natasha, Nicholas and Mary hadn’t changed – they can’t – from my previous reading years ago, but my appreciation of them had. How would Tolstoy have shaped them had War and Peace been set in contemporary today? Read more
(13 votes, average: 3 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, July 15, 2012 at 6:58 pm
Filed under World · Tagged 9/11, afghanistan, Cold-War, conflicts, dispute, Hillary Clinton, homes, Kashmir, Lord Acton, Machiavelli, monsoon, Patriotism, peace, They call me Muslim, Tolstoy, War and Peace, Zia Haq
Sarabjit Singh, the Indian on death row in Pakistan for over 21 years for bomb attacks he denies carrying out, is a tough man. Read more
(10 votes, average: 3.9 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, July 1, 2012 at 6:15 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Awais Sheikh, Hindustan Times, Kot Lakhpat jail, news, Samjhauta Express, Sarabjit Singh, Surjeet Singh, Zia Haq
