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...
Oct 3, 2004 PERSONAL POLITICAL The dragon’s teeth Beena Sarwar Images of terrified, half-naked schoolchildren in Beslan merge with the wailing father in ...
Nicholas D. Kristof wrote a good followup recently in NYT about the gangrape of Mukhtaran Mai - here's the link to another piece by him, this time on Afghan...
from a friend in Washington. beena Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 12:45 PM Subject: Interesting patterns Who leads us to war and who questions it? ... ...
Oct 10, 2004 PERSONAL POLITICAL The commonality of ‘fundamentalisms’ Beena Sarwar When US-based Indian filmmaker Lalit Vachani set out in 1992 to make a...
Below, a link and text of article reproduced in www.countercurrents.org, run by Binu Mathew, a journalist in Kerala. There's also an appeal from him for help...
Hello all - sharing a comment I wrote last month for Project-Syndicate (apologies to those on this list for whom some of this may be stating the obvious). Just...
Thanks to Zubeida Mustafa of Dawn for sending this piece, with the following note: "We had carried a picture of the kids in the Sikh gurdwara but it's not...
http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2004/10/13_patwardhan.shtml Anand Patwardhan, the 'Michael Moore of India,' brings his hard-hitting documentary...
Two emails re: Southasian films being screened in the US. beena ... from Christine in Holland: From: Marc Chery [mailto:mchery@...] Subject: Malcolm X...
October 17, 2004 PERSONAL POLITICAL No compromise on murder Beena Sarwar Murder by any other name still smells foul. It is still murder. Unfortunately, the...
http://www.tehelka.com/story_main7.asp?filename=Ne102304doctor_love.asp Doctor Love, Doctored Hate A Hindu girl eloped and married her Muslim neighbour in a...
Posting by Jo Wilding - a young British woman I admire, who's been working in Iraq as a human rights monitor. Another project she was involved was meant to...
October 24, 2004 PERSONAL POLITICAL To Margaret Hassan, it matters Beena Sarwar “They just don’t get it!” The thought jumps out as one follows the Great...
From Carol Wolman, MD, in California. beena ... From: David Randle Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 12:55 PM Subject: Attention Pro-Life Voters Dear Friends: The...
I thought this was an excellent piece, especially the ending. beena http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,6903,1334783,00.html Without prejudice ... ...
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102704X.shtml Why I'm Voting Against My Commander in Chief By David Thalheimer t r u t h o u t | Perspective Friday 22 October...
Tariq Ali the London-based Pakistani political activist, journalist, author provides convincing arguments to the ABB debate in these two mails (excerpt from an...
In the midst of despair at the re-election of dubya, friend Sally Fisher in NYC sent a hilarious photo of him grinning and saying 'four more years' - but...
Great series, great website. beena http://opendemocracy.net/debates/article-3-115-2202.jsp# America, Pakistan, and the limits of militarism Steve Coll Asma...
Apologies to everyone for the last posting which got sent off several times - my yahoo mail kept showing it as 'not sent', so I eventually gave up and saved it...
The News Nov 7, 2004 PERSONAL POLITICAL Misguided generosity Beena Sarwar At a press conference in Kathmandu recently, Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz...
a note to cheer up those wallowing in despondency from the results of the recent US elections... 17 reasons not to slit your wrists, by michael moore. beena ...
Ok, many of us are outraged and angry at the re-election of Dubya... we know that anger and hatred are negative emotions - as expressed in this link sent this...
