Hindustan Times
Then stretch our bones in a still gloomy valley;
Nothing’s so dainty sweet as lovely melancholy.
– John Fletcher (1579-1625)
Malala in Pashtun means melancholy, a word that lies on the border of poetry and philosophy, and means more than just grief. Read more
(9 votes, average: 3.11 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, November 11, 2012 at 9:19 pm
Filed under World · Tagged Aghanistan, Hindustan Times, Kabal tehsil, Malala, Malala Yousafzai, news, Right to Education, Taliban, They call me Muslim, 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
What after all is jihad? From an India-Pakistan perspective, few people can answer this question better than Pakistani-American writer and Mary Richardson professor of history at Tufts University, Ayesha Jalal. Her book, Partisans of Allah: Meanings of Jihad in South Asia (2008), puts this core concept of Islam in perspective for the subcontinental audience. Read more
(11 votes, average: 3 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, March 11, 2012 at 8:12 pm
Filed under Religion · Tagged Ayesha Jalal, Hindustan Times, India International Centre, Indian mujahideen, Islam, Jamaat-e-Islami, Jihad, Maulana Mawdudi, Mohammed Ali Jinnah, news, Sadaat Hasan Manto, Sugata Bose, Syed Ahmad Shaheed, Taliban, Tufts Professor, Zia Haq
Before the first word of this essay is written, let a prophecy be made: Blinkered nationalists may accuse me of writing a puff piece on Pakistan, something far from the truth. Read more
(18 votes, average: 3.39 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, August 22, 2010 at 3:49 pm
Filed under Religion · Tagged banana republic, Bulley Shah, Guru Nanak Dev, Hindustan Times, kangaroo courts, Keats, medieval values, Milton, neo-Islamist outfits, news, North Indian Muslims, Nusrat, Pakhawaj, Pakistan, Sadat Hasan Manto, Shelley, SM Qureishi, Taliban, Tufail Niazi, Waris Shah
