Musharraf is now left with vastly reduced powers and blames Bush for all the Evils in Porkistan.
For Washington it is now a far more complex Papistan to deal with in its fight against Al Qaeda and the Taliban.
Bush's expensive investment in President Pervez Musharraf has yielded little in the way of tangible results for America. Therefore it would be wise for America to abandon Musharraf. This may well weaken the man further, although they have given him a great deal of support -- both financial and political -- over the years. But their expensive investment in him has yielded little in the way of tangible results. America now needs a policy based on what is actually happening along the Afghan frontier, not on wishful thinking that someday Porkistan will become an effective partner in the war against terrorism.
Asma Jahangir, human right activist is right by all means. India will not and cannot do much for Pakistan to promote democracy there.Indians do not see much difference between Army rule and elected members response.
Since 1947 we are fighting and the fight continues. In the name of jehadi and helping muslim brothers in Kashmir, Pakistan has done much damages to India. Thousands of crore rupees are spent every year, which would have spent for the upliftment of poors.
Pakistan and Pakistanis should understand that what is given to others may get the same thing back sometimes without asking for it. Pakistani generals and Indian politicians are two sides of the same coin. Both are protected and not subject to any court interference. As you think we are not a real democracy. Look at the way government is struggling to survive. As we are busy in our survival, we do not have time to think of other people, whether it is Pakistan, Burma, Nepal or Bangladesh.
With due respect to Asma I am writing this. . We dont want to interfere in Pak Politics because the moment we do so the pakistan will become united ...we dont want to see that .I have spelt out what is in the hearts of a billion strong indians.We can never work together, we can never trust ur country.Would prefer a wall like the china wall between the two states.There is so much hatred between us territorywise as well well as religion wise.This is the truth, U should first learn to be tolerant and understand that there are also other religions other than Islam and respect them
You are an intelligent human being. Your life is valuable for its own sake. You are not second-class in the universe, deriving meaning and purpose from some other mind. You are not inherently evil%u2014you are inherently human, possessing the positive rational potential to help make this a world of morality, peace and joy. Trust yourself.
We met last month in the city of Ferrara in Italy at a conference organized by the Italian weekly Internazionale. Over the course of three days, thousands of Italians, among them many young people who by coming refuted the claim that the younger generation lacks an interest in politics, filled the halls for the lectures and discussions with foreign and Italian correspondents, filmmakers and writers, among them Roy. The audience was thrilled by her words and the cameras delighted in her beauty.
Roy explained there that she has started to consciously exploit her huge fame and publicity to come out against the centers of power in the society in which she lives. "I became the darling of the middle classes," she relates with self-mockery. Her status as a national sweetheart does indeed enable her to take risks. Like, for example, the risk she took upon herself at the end of September when she published the article "Scandal in the Palace," which criticizes India's judiciary.
For Roy, 46, this is nothing new: Already seven years ago, she was convicted of contempt of court after she attacked a court decision to allow the construction of a huge dam on the Narmada River in central India. The project is in fact a system of 30 gigantic dams, 135 middle-sized dams and 3,000 small dams, the construction of which is slated for completion in 2025. It is expected to uproot hundreds of thousands of people from their homes and cause tremendous environmental damage.
A month ago, as she faced a roomful of journalists in Italy, writer Arundhati Roy was asked what it is like to be an icon of peace-seekers around the world. "First of all," she advised her audience, "always be suspicious of icons." And indeed she does not behave like one. She is generous and curious in listening to others, she answers her own phone and does not have any personal assistants. "Secondly," she continued, "I am not a pacifist. I come from a feudal society. Being a pacifist in a society like that means accepting the existing order. My whole life I have been involved and have engaged in various kinds of resistance, which is the opposite of pacifism."
Roy won the Man Booker Prize and international fame thanks to her quasi-autobiographical novel "The God of Small Things" in 1996. When she walks down the street in Delhi, people recognize her. But, she adds, "It is a little ironic to talk about the fame of a writer in a country 400 million of whose billion inhabitants are illiterate."
This is a characteristic reaction for Roy, who seems to channel every personal question into a political observation. And thus she leads her listeners on an alternative trip in India. And therefore perhaps more than being an icon of anything, Arundhati Roy is an iconoclast. For example, the truism that India is a democracy -- the world's largest -- or the worship of the Moloch of development. She even wants to reexamine the image and status of Mahatma Gandhi.
What Arundati Roy has to say about indian state. Her voice is prophetic. A month ago, as she faced a roomful of journalists in Italy, writer Arundhati Roy was asked what it is like to be an icon of peace-seekers around the world. "First of all," she advised her audience, "always be suspicious of icons." And indeed she does not behave like one. She is generous and curious in listening to others, she answers her own phone and does not have any personal assistants. "Secondly," she continued, "I am not a pacifist. I come from a feudal society. Being a pacifist in a society like that means accepting the existing order. My whole life I have been involved and have engaged in various kinds of resistance, which is the opposite of pacifism."
Roy won the Man Booker Prize and international fame thanks to her quasi-autobiographical novel "The God of Small Things" in 1996. When she walks down the street in Delhi, people recognize her. But, she adds, "It is a little ironic to talk about the fame of a writer in a country 400 million of whose billion inhabitants are illiterate."
This is a characteristic reaction for Roy, who seems to channel every personal question into a political observation. And thus she leads her listeners on an alternative trip in India. And therefore perhaps more than being an icon of anything, Arundhati Roy is an iconoclast. For example, the truism that India is a democracy -- the world's largest -- or the worship of the Moloch of development. Sh
Indian state is more fasscistic than Pak. No real democracy in India!!! only make believe democracy!!!!! by Ekalavyan on Nov 14, 2007 07:16 AM | Hide replies
Indian is already a military state. the victims are Dalits and muslims and OBC's. They are butchered like anything everyday. Wghat is going on India is nothing but most dereaded Brahminocracy!!!! Indian ruling upper castes are only two legged animals.
Indian is already a military state. the victims are Dalits and muslims and OBC's. They are butchered like anything everyday. Wghat is going on India is nothing but most dereaded Brahminocracy!!!! Indian ruling upper castes are only two legged animals.
RE:Indian state is more fasscistic than Pak. No real democracy in India!!! only make believe democracy!!!!!
by MS on Nov 14, 2007 07:19 AM Permalink
i totally agree...damn this hypocrisy in the name of democracy
