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The out of box solutions given, here: 1) is certainly not the south Asian approach, we do not solve our problems like that; 2) any compromise is arrived only by the mutual exchange; 3) an exchange happens only when there is desire to move on together; 4) desirousness of such a kind be seen...

The Kasab's thread closed! It was not of much relevance in its revealing of who got the act done by whom. The more important message that it has sent is the particular unease that is shown by civil society and intelligentsia of Pakistan. As the haste shown in killing the thread. It only hardens...

The ISI support to Kahmiri militants and RAWs support to BLA, don't you think they make good analogies.

Kashmir, textiles and rice, Gwadar is this all you need to compete with India in terms of stability? Then its very misconstrued argument. You need a minimum set of these things too, namely, decentralised governance, strong economic indicators, political stability, right to education for girl...

We see two very striking responses from friends in Pakistan. One parleys for a good relations for the sake of the both and other winds up with a tag of absolute nonsense. I believe this divide in Pakistan is such wide that nobody knows how to bridge it. Perhaps more time and more painful years...

Some views elicited here take up cause of Sikhs as minorities juxtaposed against the Muslims in Pakistan. The sudden recoil into religious identity is very obfuscating. Nobody sought to drag the religion into debate that what Islam the religion and Muslims think of minorities. The Talibans have...

An extra ordinary long monograph by Masood Khan, it defeats any discussion. However, there are few things we all must see in here. The US war in Afghanistan is no single order of menu of things. The whole war menu is emerging in its progression, so there were objectives in 2001 which are no more...

The matter is more beyond mere financial aspect of jazia. It creates a doubt about one's rights whether they are at par with the other communities. After all Taliban are offering them protection and anybody could take favour on that if the Talibans exercise as an alternative state. The problem...

The critics remind me of a famous lines of Kabir - "nindak niyare rakhiye, aangan kuti chaway, binu paani, binu sabuna, nirmal kare sukhay meaning the critic should be kept close to one's notice at he is the one like a soap who cleanses the all mental dirt and mud and help purify. I doubt how...