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Dammike WijesingheSaving my world to pixels |
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OUT on the margin/s ofSomeone is always "OUT". This blog is created "OUT" of a rising sense of panic. Panic not at the rising prices of Indian art but panic at the possible loss of "art". Art that was (could still be?) confrontational, art that we |
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Ideological QuagmiresHere comes that sinking feeling...but it sure is Fair and Balanced. |
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Recent Blog Posts
Pity the Nation
on Jul 19, 2007 in Common Sense Pakistan Random Socitey South Asia Thoughts Wordly Affairs Pakistan … anything can happen here anytime. Heroes are reduced to zero in an instant; rulers are forced to pack up; suicide attackers can play havoc with people’s lives; judges are rendered non-functional; intelligence agencies could harass top...
I know not who I am
on Aug 29, 2007 in Culture Literature & Arts Poetic Justice Random Religion Socitey South Asia Tasawwuf/Sufism Thoughts Bulleh Shah, the greatest mystic poet of Punjab, had lived the most tumultuous period of the Sub-continent history during which Mughal dynasty jolted after Aurangezb’s death and his successors first fought each other for the Delhi’s throne and la...
‘A mortal is God in all his might, This I will not write.’
on Nov 20, 2007 in News Pakistan Politics & History Press & Media South Asia Thoughts
Jihad on the radio waves
on Nov 24, 2007 in Colours of Khyber Militancy News Pakistan Politics Religion Socitey South Asia Taliban Talibanisation Terrorism The militancy, which now plagues most of the NWFP, its proliferation would not have been possible without the manipulation of the radio waves by the hardliner clerics.The FM radio stations installed at the many of Madrassahs across the province and t...
History, rulers and the Pakistani Way
on Dec 1, 2007 in Pakistan Politics Politics & History Socitey South Asia Thoughts “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” George Santayana The Pakistan’s political history is littered with blood and shameful departures of rulers. Our rulers thrive on violence; orchestrate political farces to hoodwink...