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The
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NOVEMBER 2001
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Queen Suraya of
Afghanistan - in early decades of 1900
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Muslim
Women challenge Islamic Fundamentalism Islam
is among the younger religions of the world - one that promised
equality and greater dignity to women. Yet, the lower-rung
clerics and the fundamentalists, especially in societies with
high rates of illiteracy, have used it as an instrument of
control and misrepresented the religion, inadvertently, as a
medieval, primitive school of thought. Some Muslim women call it
‘political opportunism’. Dr. Sima Samar, Asma Jahangir,
Hina Jilani and Sultana Kamal are all
professional Muslim women – fighting a mind-set that denies a
woman her basic rights.
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Omar
Abdullah
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Omar Abdullah is the scion of
one of the most distinguished families of Kashmir. He represents
modern India, is energetic, articulate, and in his two brief
years as a Minister in the Capital, he has made a positive
impact on Indian politics.
Read
on....
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Rendered homeless
- Kashmiri
Hindu in Delhi camps
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Overlooked
& Ignored
"Kashmiri
Pandits, the original inhabitants of Kashmir, are a peace-loving
community that, over the years, became a minority population and
played by the rules set by the Muslim majority of the state. For
no fault of their own, other than their religion, the population
was targeted for barbarous acts and driven out of the
valley." |
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Pakistan
Squash - The Khan Supremacy
Squash
supremacy and Pakistan have been synonymous for the past fifty
years with the common factor of a family called the KHANS. The
story began when Hashim, who
was a Squash professional at the Peshawar Air Force Mess,
convinced his officers to send him
to play in the British Open - The Wimbledon of Squash
- in 1950.
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