While there is a plethora of media chatter in every country in South Asia, it has always struck me as an odd thing that there’s very little cross-border dialogue going on.
I mean, how often do you hear a Pakistani and an Indian lawyer sitting down to talk about the problems and issues they’re dealing [...]
Posts from ‘September, 2011’
Why don’t South Asians talk to each other?
The Lord of Literature turns to tweeting
Should I be disappointed that he’s come down amongst us mere mortals, or glad that Salman Rushdie, the God of Great Words, has discovered the lowbrow delights of social media?
First I have to wonder how on earth he’s going to keep his multifarious hydra headed imagination and pyrotechnic style caged in 140 characters?
Then I have [...]
The Truth Will Set You Free
Omar Abdullah’s call for a Truth & Reconciliation Commission in Kashmir, following the finding of bodies in mass graves, raises complex and disturbing questions about justice. Gautam Patel is a lawyer and columnist. He created the popular blog Prisoner of Agenda
In early 1977, Jacobo Timerman, the publisher of a liberal newspaper in Argentina, was arrested [...]
Tired of fear
Drowning in 9/11 memorial coverage yesterday, I guess we were all thinking about the impact of that day on the shape of the world since.
Mehreen Zahra Malik the Pakistani journalist interviewed Pakistani politicians, many of whom say that Pakistan has failed to understand the impact of 9/11 on the region - and have done it [...]
