Hindustan Times
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
Many Indians still feel that we should not relent on Pakistan, use our diplomatic and economic clout to make it pay a nasty price for the Mumbai attacks. Maybe we can. Pakistan lacks the money without which wars can neither be fought nor won and has few international backers for a conflict against India today. Read more
(20 votes, average: 2.7 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 11:39 pm
Filed under India, Religion, World · Tagged Hafiz Saeed, Hindustan Times, India, isi, Israeli Palestinian conflictthey call me muslim, Kashmir, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Mohammed Waqas Sajjad, Mumbai attacks, news, Pakistan, Taliban, Zia Haq
Kashmir is biding its time. Its streets are frozen. People hibernating. Winter is for lying low and drawing comfort from the kangri, a local warming device. During the summer months, angry, young Kashmiris will be seeking heat on edgy streets, taunting policemen with bricks again. Read more
(48 votes, average: 2.25 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, January 23, 2011 at 7:24 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Bharatiya Janata Party, flag-hoisting mission, Hindustan Times, Human Rights International, Indian flag, Kashmir, Lal Chowk, news, Omar Abdullah, Palestine government, Republic Day, Srinagar
Pakistan ranks 151 and just below Yemen on the UN’s human-development indicators. On schooling, it has found a place just below Sudan. “Growth and investment will continue to be constrained…,” Pakistan’s budget-eve Economic Survey said on June 4. Its economy is expected to grow 4.5% in the year starting July 1. India expects to grow 8.5%. Read more
(16 votes, average: 3.88 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, June 27, 2010 at 5:07 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Azad Kashmir, Custodial killings, Gaza, growth, human right violations, human-development indicators, Kashmir, Pakistan, Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, Shopian case
