Talk about a long flight going to waste. A delegation of six Pakistani politicians, refused to step into a body scanner at Dulles International Airport in Washington, saying it was an affront to them.They chose, instead, to go right back home. The pols, senators from the National Assembly from the restive Federally Administered Tribal...
Tony Karon's new Time Magazine defiantly denounces President Obama's call for a troop escalation. Its title, Five Flawed Assumptions of Obama's Afghan Surge, says it all, and the piece itself summarizes concisely points that this site and many others have been arguing for months: Expanding the ground war against the Taliban will in no way...
Quickly reviewing all major post World War II wars, the New Yorker's Henrik Hertzberg asks a series of tough questions he would like the president to answer on Tuesday: Does it make sense, for example, to spend lives and treasure trying to eradicate “safe havens” in Afghanistan when Al Qaeda has so many other—well,...
November 26th would mark the one year anniversary of the carnage in Mumbai last year, when armed gunmen from Pakistan rampaged through Mumbai indiscriminately shooting innocent people and taking two five-star hotels hostage. There was so much that was gruesome about that attack. The sheer brazenness, for one. The fact that someone could just...
Pakistani pop/rock starts have a special place in Indians' hearts. Not only do they look and sound cooler than Indian Rock wannabees, but their unique blend of Sufi music and music that sounds suspiciously like U2 has always proved popular in the sub continent. But now Pakistani musicians are singing a different tune.
When Dil Chahta Hai ( The Heart Desires) came out in 2001, everyone in Bollywood straightened out their sky-high teased hair, dusted off their bulky shoulder padded jackets, and sat up! The movie was a spectacular success, only because it was so unlike anything Bollywood had seen before. Now, here's something that is bound...