I don't like Naipaul or his work, but that doesn't mean he can't or shouldn't win the Nobel prize or any other prize for that matter. One man's satanic verse...
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Rashid Mughal
rashid@...
Mar 1, 2004 1:23 pm
Before he was bought by the BJP, the V S Naipaul I knew was one of the most cynically clinical of writers whose truth was pure and his courage rare. He never...
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Shahid Mahmud
smahmud@...
Mar 1, 2004 1:24 pm
Dear Tarek and Munir Sahiban, Small world indeed. I am talking about Taufique Brothers indeed. I was a classmate of the youngest Taufique, Anwar Hussain, in...
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Shahid Mahmud
smahmud@...
Mar 1, 2004 1:25 pm
Dear Haider Sahib, My point is that anyone who is not willing to be critical of the most fundamentals of his belief cannot claim to be objective and...
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Sardar Ali
sardargraphics@...
Mar 1, 2004 8:39 pm
Dear friends Assalam Alaikum I am introducing a new page ( Khakey ) on my website magazine "sherosukhan". The moderator of Urdu writers Yahoo groups Janab...
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Ijaz Syed
ijazsyedi
Mar 2, 2004 3:43 am
The Daily Star (Bangladesh) March 01, 2004 Humayun Azad: The marked man A H Jaffor Ullah Only few days ago a nervous but determined writer, Prof. Humayun Azad,...
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Tarek Fatah
tarekfatah
Mar 2, 2004 3:44 am
Friends, If anyone is in doubt about the real targets of the Islamists, this story from Bangladesh should shake you up. Those in denial about the dangers ...
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Munir Pervaiz
munirsaami
Mar 2, 2004 4:08 am
Leading Bangladesh author stabbed Waliur Rahman BBC correspondent in Dhaka http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3494188.stm A leading and controversial author...
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mhaider1@...
Mar 2, 2004 7:07 pm
I have not read Nafisi's book but I heard her interview on the NPR. People living under repression sometimes try to overreach in order to fight back. Lolita...
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Masud Sheikh
maspakca
Mar 2, 2004 7:08 pm
Well written Rashid I do not know if Naipaul has been bought by the BJP. However, his perspective of Babri Mosque destruction etc. gives me an insight into his...
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Rashid Mughal
rashid@...
Mar 2, 2004 7:08 pm
As an experiential thing, enlightenment is a spontaneous response that takes place in a flash -- or not in a hundred years when we argue and debate religion...
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Khawaja Ashraf
kashraf@...
Mar 2, 2004 7:08 pm
Dear all, Most of the time when we criticize people or their works, we forget the basic fact that life is a multi dimensional phenomenon. There is no final ...
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Tahira Naqvi
tahiranaqvi@...
Mar 2, 2004 7:08 pm
I have nothing against enlightenment. Please don't misunderstand. I just feel the subject of Naipaul has been exhausted on this forum. But please, feel free...
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Umer Soomro
umersoomro2002
Mar 2, 2004 7:08 pm
Hi All, Shiite Ismaili Muslim "SOOMROS" ruled over Sindh (presently a province of Pakistan), independently, for 340 years from 1011 to 1351 AD, surviving...
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Rashid Mughal
rashid@...
Mar 3, 2004 12:15 am
Thank you, Haider. Some things are to be digested, folks. That tablespoon of salt, I tell you, is the number one cause of excessive diarrhoea, so go easy. A...
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Abbas Zaidi
bosszaidi@...
Mar 3, 2004 12:15 am
Dear Mr. Saami: I find it very encouraging to read some of the most controversial and inflammatory comments on Writers Forum site. Refreshing, because I had...
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Munir Pervaiz
munirsaami
Mar 3, 2004 12:16 am
Hello friends, This is an extract from a note that I wrote to a friend on the Forum on Enlightenment. Just extend the metaphor of Christianity and religion to...
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Tarek Fatah
tarekfatah
Mar 3, 2004 3:21 am
Friends, Naeem Mohaiemen is US based Bangladeshi historian and media activist. He is a widely published journalist, specializing in South Asia, Islamic...
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Ijaz Syed
ijazsyedi
Mar 3, 2004 7:36 pm
Hindu contribution to the marsiya By Intizar Husain It may appear a bit odd to talk about Hindu contribution to the tradition of marsiya and azadari at a time...
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Jazbah
info@...
Mar 3, 2004 7:37 pm
Featuring this month on http://www.jazbah.org: - Begum Rana Liaquat Ali Khan: As refugees poured into Pakistan from India after independence from the British,...
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Pavneet Arora
pavneetarora...
Mar 3, 2004 7:39 pm
Hello Friends, I have read the postings with great interest but have felt ill-equipped to comment on the specifics of Naipaul. I had read A Wounded...
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Shakil Khan
munirsaami
Mar 3, 2004 7:40 pm
Munir Bhai, In one his letters Iqbal had written " we need 100 Martin Luthers to cleanse dirt." You didn't answer my phone call. Regards. Shakil. Phone #...
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Rashid Mughal
rashid@...
Mar 4, 2004 1:30 am
Dear Shakil, Munir, et al: There have been many such suggestions before Iqbal said "we need 100 Martin Luthers to cleanse the dirt" in our religion and there...
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Karamat Ghori
k_k_ghori@...
Mar 4, 2004 1:31 am
Dear Friends, It's becoming axiomatic, almost fashionable, for people who may've a way with the words to potificate with great authority that Isalm in the 21st...
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Rashid Mughal
rashid@...
Mar 4, 2004 1:31 am
Dear Pavneet and Friends: Thank you for mentioning the excellent collection of essays, The Partitions of Memory. Some Muslims will resent the entire brigade of...
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Munir Pervaiz
munirsaami
Mar 4, 2004 1:43 am
Hello friends, I am really surprised that Karamat Ghori sahib will ignore the metaphor in the name of Martin Luther, and in doing so also kill the spirit of my...
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Munir Pervaiz
munirsaami
Mar 4, 2004 1:46 am
Hello friends, I posted and began the series on Naipaul in order to understand the backdrop within which writers like Naipaul narrate. Whether it is Edward...
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mhaider1@...
Mar 4, 2004 3:18 am
The mail from Mr. Syed is most interesting. It is rather significant to note in this context that a day long symposium on 'Urdu Marsiyah in Text and...
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aamir riaz
munirsaami
Mar 4, 2004 12:19 pm
dear munir The story to modernize Muslims is very complex. Unfortunately u cannot handle all Muslims under a same logic cal conclusion. Muslims living in...
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Ibrahim Hayani
munirsaami
Mar 4, 2004 12:20 pm
Hi Munir: SALAMAT (GREETINGS) I wish to thank you for sharing this most interesting, insightful, and informative article by one of the greatest intellectuals...
