Comments on: There must have been a peaceful time.

By: mundur 123

mundur 123 — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 08:17:38 +0000

PM317 I sincerely appreciate your efforts at unity by writing this Blog

By: mundur 123

mundur 123 — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 08:07:46 +0000

Just to qote a few lines from the book,”I fervently hope my book will provide not only Muslims but non-Muslims as well, an insight into Jinnh’s personality; it will show them how he mesmerised the Muslims and on the basis of their support, succeeded in dismembering the subcontinent.”

By: amba.ramamurthy@gmail.com

amba.ramamurthy@gmail.com — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 07:47:29 +0000

I would sujest a book,”The Man Who Divided India” By Rafiq Zakaria-An insight into Jinnah’s leadership and its aftermath-

By: Martha Washington Collier

Martha Washington Collier — Sun, 10 May 2009 23:44:38 +0000

You can also read the book, “The Jewel in the Crown” by Paul Scott.

By: TeakwoodKite

TeakwoodKite — Sun, 10 May 2009 05:09:19 +0000

The Jurassic Era

By: pm317

pm317 — Sat, 09 May 2009 20:42:31 +0000

Sorry Linda, I will take the liberty of correcting this: ~~Ghandi~~ Gandhi
{I know lot of people make that spelling mistake perpetuated unfortunately by some ignorant wiki writer.}

I have not seen Jewel in the Crown.. but book wise, A.L. Basham’s ‘A Cultural History of India’ is a good start, I think.

By: mary

mary — Sat, 09 May 2009 20:00:28 +0000

Yes!
The changes must come from within, not imposed by military overhead genocide by misinformed do-gooders…
Obama is the snake-oil politico who lied about believing in Development and Diplomacy–while sending 20,000+ troops to start the NEW VIETNAM War!
If anybody thought Bush was a warmonger, you ain’t seen nothing yet!
And Obama is also clueless like a ventriloquist dummy…his Cheney? Wall Street!

By: Linda Anselmi

Linda Anselmi — Sat, 09 May 2009 19:18:20 +0000

Thank you MWC

I had totally forgotten about “The Jewel in the Crown”. I watched during the original broadcast – long past time for a follow up viewing. Not too long ago caught part of a PBS or History channel show on Ghandi so will look for that documentary also.

By: Martha Washington Collier

Martha Washington Collier — Sat, 09 May 2009 18:45:31 +0000

I like the BBC production of “The Jewel in the Crown” which gives a human perspective to the class and political issues between the British and Indians and the clash between Hindu’s and Muslims, during WWII and during/after partition. I found it fascinating and have watched it several times over the years. I believe it’s available through NetFlix.

By: pm317

pm317 — Sat, 09 May 2009 16:46:00 +0000

Thanks, Linda, I don’t really watch much movies, Indian or otherwise.

By: pm317

pm317 — Sat, 09 May 2009 14:07:42 +0000

Voodoo Child.. What era would that be? Funny, Teak!

By: pm317

pm317 — Sat, 09 May 2009 14:05:58 +0000

If the change and strong outcry do not come from within, what others do from the outside is not effective especially when Taliban is feeding some of the locals anti-US, anti-western message like “why are you letting Americans fight their war on your soil?” The local populace have to realize Taliban are not on their side and rise up. Of course, the international community needs to help also.

I was telling Susan earlier about this: A Pakistani physician whom I quoted in an earlier post had this message in January on his music collection page: “MUSIC KEEPS THE MULLAH AND OTHER EVIL ELEMENTS AWAY FROM YOU ~ A RAGA A DAY KEEPS THE MULLAH AWAY.”

Today he has changed his message to “MAY ALLAH SAVE US FROM THE TYRANNY & IDIOTICY OF MULLAHS.HELP PAKISTAN TO GET RID OF FANATICO-TALIBAN-WAHABI CANCER.IT’S VERY SCARY OVER HERE ~ A RAGA A DAY MAY KEEP THE MULLAH AWAY”.

By: SusanUnPC

SusanUnPC — Sat, 09 May 2009 13:28:24 +0000

I would like to see Hillary and Holbrooke hit all the news shows and let the American people know how incredibly important this issue is.

Our media are bringing up the story occasionally, but they also realize that too many viewers go “Yawn,” and want them to talk about Britney Spears or whatever. We need to scare the bejesus out of people, and get them to pressure their Congressional representatives to concentrate on this crisis.

We need a far better strategy than bombing civilians from drones, Mr. Obama.

By: pm317

pm317 — Sat, 09 May 2009 13:18:01 +0000

The op-ed I linked in the beginning “A Flawed Idea” is written by an Indian Muslim writer and a journalist. Read it to the end and he gives a clue how many Indian Muslims feel today.

By: pm317

pm317 — Sat, 09 May 2009 12:46:39 +0000

Thank you, noname. I tried to be charitable and give them the benefit of the doubt and a sliver of hope that they may have done it with a certain good intention. But even as you read MJ Akbar’s op-ed I linked, “Flawed Idea”, he shows the gradual disintegration of Jinnah’s original vision for Pakistan. I am not surprised at Jinnah’s spectacular and early rise to power. He was the Brits’ golden boy and was ready to create “mischief.” This was their way of getting back at Gandhi for humiliating them. They stood back and watched the “fun.”

I knew Auragazeb (didn’t he kill his brothers and imprison his father to rise to the throne?) was no good but he was a precursor to Taliban as evidenced by that quote. It reaffirms how dictators want full control of your everyday lives. But that was then and Taliban is now. We know so much more and capable of much more to get rid of such atrocities, hopefully.