The Southasian penumbra
From the Blog beenasarwar[image: IMG_5208] Kanak Dixit: thought-provoking *My **PERSONAL POLITICAL column** in The News last week* *Beena Sarwar* *I was curious when my old friend, the Nepali journalist Kank Mani Dixit*proposed the topic "To be Desi or Southasian" as the topic of a talk that another journalist friend, Aseem Chahbra from India, was setting up for him in New York. Aseem roped in a Pakistani, me, to moderate the session. Held at Columbia University under the aegis of the South Asian Journalists Association, the discussion was attended by an eclectic group of students and retired professors. Most were what I would consider 'desi' – belonging to the Indian subcontinent. But isn't that the same thing as being Southasian? Not quite, it turns out. [image: IMG_5209] Audience discussion at Kapakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
Acceptance of supplication
From the Blog ashrafiya [image: 20140403-200903.jpg] *Musleh al Ummat* Maulana Wasiullah Allahabadi (Allah have mercy on him) said, 'When an individual makes supplications (*dua*) his relationship with and proximity to Allah increases. The higher optimism (*raja*) he has while making supplication the greater the acceptance rate.' *Ma'arif* *Musleh* al *Ummat* ra, volume 1, page 107 pakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
The Pakistani Bengali's r they aliens or still pakistani's
From the Blog umarqutb After 1971 Pakistan and India war in Bangladesh (Former East Pakistan) 100′s of Pakistani's Bengalis families refuse to go to the bangladesh. the reason was, they were born and grew in pakistan. After 5 decades pakistani bengali's are still in pakistan with huge population. Doing there jobs,running their business, doing politics…etc.There contribution in pakistani economy is same as like other pakistanis Late *Muhammad Mahmood Alam* (Sitara e Jurat) known as M.M Alam pakistani fighter pilot who served Pakistan Air Force as a squadron leader commander of no 11 squadron in 1965 down 5 indian fighter jet planes in less than a minute was a pakistani bengali. *Barrister Shahida Jamil* a renowned law practitioner is also pakistani bengali. She served as a Law Minister in 1999 in Sipakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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