Great story in the Guardian recently. beena http://sport.guardian.co.uk/athens2004/story/0,14529,1271321,00.html Olympic Games ... War-zone competitors who...
Sudan is one yet another example of media complicity in simplifying a complex issue and glossing over the full story -- to the benefit of the powers-that-be,...
thanks to Ahmed Bayat for this. Long but worth a read. beena ... http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,1245055,00.html 'They said this is America...
There are many people helping women who've survived acid attacks, but as Ammu says, "the greatest challenge is to build public opinion against such crimes and...
hello everyone Wanted to share some weblinks to a couple of sharp animated films & a link to a 3-min film on women and war. This, on the recent horrifically...
http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article-1-67-2048.jsp# Michael Moore, artist and patriot John Berger 17 - 8 - 2004 A sloppy, cynical piece of propaganda?...
The following is from Christine, an American psychologist I met recently in Holland - re: an article I liked linking racism and torture (thanks Ralph), but I...
Hello all Am resuming my weekly column ‘Personal Political’ which was interrupted by travels - beena August 22, 2004 PERSONAL POLITICAL Sister act: Radio...
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/082104X.shtml Iraqi Footballers' Fury at Bush BBC Friday 20 August 2004 Iraq's successful Olympic football team has launched an...
powerful piece. beena http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/082404A.shtml Your Children are Burning By William Rivers Pitt t r u t h o u t | Perspective Tuesday 24...
Hello everyone I wanted to share this email from my friend Toni Porter in NY, which provides an indication of what's going on maybe in neighbourhoods across ...
Hello all, got this from friend Sally Fisher in NY just now & wanted to share it - Sally, incidentally, is also producer of the Vagina Monologues. -- Beena -- ...
September 5, 2004 PERSONAL POLITICAL The Artery Beena Sarwar Houston from the air is surprisingly green although the sprawling Texan city is known more for its...
The Nepali government has responded to the Maoist rebellion with force, but, argues Isabel Hilton, there is no military solution in this war on terror, any...
"First Bush, and now Putin, have picked up lessons for their wars on terror from Israel's campaign against the Palestinians". Excellent piece. thanks Marzia. ...
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 From: Pritam K. Rohila, Ph.D. ACHA (Association for Communal Harmony in Asia)<pritamr@...> Subject: Three Years Later: Peaceful...
September 12, 2004 PERSONAL POLITICAL The price of love Beena Sarwar “Mian biwi raazi, to kiya kare ka qazi?” goes the old saying – if the bride and...
This distressing report on a student hitting a teacher at Karachi University appeared in The News on Sunday, Aug 22, 2004 (the students who started the whole...
What India, Pakistan Won't Talk About By J. Sri Raman truthout | Perspective Wednesday 15 September 2004 http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/091504I.shtml You...
Dear everyone wanted to introduce a new book by friend and colleague Ethan Casey, a Uk-based American journalist and publisher who was recently in Lahore for...
Sept 19, 2004 Personal Political The FM boom Beena Sarwar Video has not quite killed the radio star. Not even private cable television has managed to do that....
Cat Stevens has always been one of my absolute favourite singers - if he was to be punished for something, it should be for stopping singing. I read once that...
September 26, 2004 PERSONAL POLITICAL Beena Sarwar The forgotten 54 and more As tantalising visions of a sustainable peace between India and Pakistan appear on...
I met members of the Palestinian rights group Al Haq (T-shirt slogan: 'Against Collective Punishment') at the WSF in Bombay, Jan 2004 - here is their latest...
Kerry came out unexpectedly well in the debate with Bush - thanks in no small part to the 'split screen' that allowed viewers to see how the President was...
