My blog has been de-hacked, fixed and running again. It’s going to take a few more days to work the layout and all but in general, it’s fully functional. If anybody still gets a warning, drop me an email offline.
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Looks like my blog has been hacked. It may take a few days to get things back to normal. Chances are my blog will be unavailable. I’ll make a new post when things are back to normal.
Tags: Blogging, General
“…that apart, tell me, how are you? How is Saudi?”
“Ammajaan, Allah be praised. The Land of the Prophet’s (PBUH) birth. It’s wealthier than any nation in this world. You can’t measure a nation’s wealth by its gold, diamonds, pearls, or its advances in aerospace or rocket science. Petrol is Real Wealth. Hike the price of [...]
A million thanks to JK for pointing me to a rather aptly titled piece, Lunch with BS: Romila Thapar. BS stands for Business Standard but from the tone, tenor, and content of the piece and the person it eulogizes, it more than deserves the other pejorative substitute: Bull Shit.
The article’s structure is quite fascinating: an [...]
This appeared in today’s edition of the Pioneer. Comments and criticism welcome as always.
Power at any cost
The ‘Third Front’ is driven by lust for office
The frenzied shindigs surrounding the battle fortifications bring both amusement and concern at the eve of every election especially after the demise of single-party dominance in Indian politics. Promises and oaths [...]
Varun Gandhi’s fiery speech in Pilibhit was the precise shot in the arm the media needed for its campaigning efforts on behalf of the Congress party. Having beaten the BJP incessantly for about 5 years, the media, now, aware of the Congress’ delicate situation, has jumped in with glee.
Here are two screenshots to begin with.
Kanchan Gupta’s Sunday pieces are usually above par. Today’s superb article is no exception. Read it in full and tell me if you agree that at this rate, pseudosecularism will soon become America’s new national anthem.
Voice of America curbs freedom
Kanchan Gupta
There is a pattern to the waxing and waning of American hubris. What begins as [...]
Even if you accept all valid reprimands against Slumdog Millionarie, there is no real point in slamming Danny Boyle for making a movie that shows India in poor light. He only did what most Western filmmakers doing a film on India do. Neither is the criticism that these filmmakers pander to the Westerners’ biases about [...]
I’m pleased to welcome you to the latest episode of Whitewashing Islamism by Martha Nussbaum. Because her earlier episodes were such monster hits, we’ve got some additional airtime to pepper today’s show with sanctimonious whining. Oh but before we start, to those who are new to Nussbaum, she is renowned more as the textual collaborator [...]
Is not too far.
Arbab Alamgir is a prosperous businessman in Peshawar who has made a mark in politics as federal communications minister. But that’s
unlikely to protect him this time.
As the Taliban knock on Peshawar’s door, Alamgir is preparing to wind up his business and move out of his native city. “I received letters and phone [...]
