Chalk one up...
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Rohit Sinha wrote: After the end of the Taliban regime, people are feeling much happier I'm sure, as was evident from their faces. Not agreed at all. Only those people are happy who were in minoriy (commonly known as Northern Alliance) and currently ruling so called "democratic" Afghanistan. Majority of Afghan population is in the southern part of the country and having their views entirely different from northern minority. All the people who are given wide publicity on various news and television networks are those who belongs to northern Afghanistan where only 7% of total population lives. I had never seen any report about "changed" people from Southern Afghanistan. Rohit Sinha wrote: The woman I am talking about was feeling very confident of herself, and was happy that she could finally establish her own identity. In your country, my country and all the other countries, before marriage a girl is is regognized by her father's name and after marriage is recognized by her husband's name. It is a basic principle of Islam that a woman should be recognized by her own name any not by her father's or husband's name. This principle today is not followed even in muslim countries. Only Talibans given them this identity, which unfortunately ended. And according to you they are "happy" with "new" identity. WOW Rohit Sinha wrote: Anyway, she was able to walk around without a "burqa" Burqa is a part of Afghan culture, which is there for ages and people are still following there culture. Few have thrown it away and they are those who belong to ruling northern alliance and are historically tilted towards Russian culture. Even those Afghans refugees who are living in various localities of modern cities in Pakistan for 15 yrs are follwing their own culture. Yes CNN or Times Magazine may show something else. Note: Please don't think that i am Taliban supporter
I was not commenting on whether it was right or wrong, only that the women are now free to make their own decisions, which IMO is a good thing. The regime of fear has ended. If they want people to follow the teachings of Islam, they should convince and teach them, not force them. Imran Farooqui wrote: In your country, my country and all the other countries, before marriage a girl is is regognized by her father's name and after marriage is recognized by her husband's name. It is a basic principle of Islam that a woman should be recognized by her own name any not by her father's or husband's name. This principle today is not followed even in muslim countries. Only Talibans given them this identity, which unfortunately ended. And according to you they are "happy" with "new" identity. WOW No, Imran, identity is not just about whose name you adopt. It is about asserting yourself. Standing up for yourself and bringing out your true self, unrestrained, unconstrained and unchained. If Islam lets women be recognized by their own name, it is a very good thing IMO and should be encouraged. The "Mehar" thing is also good in a way. I'm sure there are many more such good things. But not at the cost of a regime of fear and oppression. What good is your own name, if only one person knows it, and that too inside the kitchen where you cook his food and in the bedroom where you warm his bed? And on the burqa issue, I'm not saying that it's a good thing she's not wearing it. Whether she wears it or not is up to her. But now she has a choice. That's what I'm happy about.
Regards,Rohit Sinha
...celebrating Indian spirit and Cricket. 8MB video, really cool!
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I was not commenting on whether it was right or wrong, only that the women are now free to make their own decisions, which IMO is a good thing. The regime of fear has ended. If they want people to follow the teachings of Islam, they should convince and teach them, not force them. Imran Farooqui wrote: In your country, my country and all the other countries, before marriage a girl is is regognized by her father's name and after marriage is recognized by her husband's name. It is a basic principle of Islam that a woman should be recognized by her own name any not by her father's or husband's name. This principle today is not followed even in muslim countries. Only Talibans given them this identity, which unfortunately ended. And according to you they are "happy" with "new" identity. WOW No, Imran, identity is not just about whose name you adopt. It is about asserting yourself. Standing up for yourself and bringing out your true self, unrestrained, unconstrained and unchained. If Islam lets women be recognized by their own name, it is a very good thing IMO and should be encouraged. The "Mehar" thing is also good in a way. I'm sure there are many more such good things. But not at the cost of a regime of fear and oppression. What good is your own name, if only one person knows it, and that too inside the kitchen where you cook his food and in the bedroom where you warm his bed? And on the burqa issue, I'm not saying that it's a good thing she's not wearing it. Whether she wears it or not is up to her. But now she has a choice. That's what I'm happy about.
Regards,Rohit Sinha
...celebrating Indian spirit and Cricket. 8MB video, really cool!
Hi Rohit !! Have they reached India (i mean your cricket team). What was the public reaction when they entered airport lounge ?? Because of Iraq issue all other news are under shadows. Thats why i am asking you ? Our team is still under tight security
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Hi Rohit !! Have they reached India (i mean your cricket team). What was the public reaction when they entered airport lounge ?? Because of Iraq issue all other news are under shadows. Thats why i am asking you ? Our team is still under tight security
Yes, they reached yesterday. The public greeted them well. Everyone was happy that we were at least able to reach the final. The last time we did that was in 1983. :rolleyes: Sorry to hear about your team. There were some fine players in your team. I heard that eight of them were sent out of the team. IMO they need support, not replacement. The players are very good. People just need to show faith in them. But then the Pak Cricket Board would know better than me, and I trust they have made a decision in the best interest of Pak Cricket, keeping in view the future.
Regards,Rohit Sinha
...celebrating Indian spirit and Cricket. 8MB video, really cool!
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Very good points and I totally agree. In another point, the US did not flatten Afghanistan so there isn't much to 're-build'
Unfortunatly the country was already pretty flattened :( Uptight Ex-Military Republican married to a Commie Lib - How weird is that?
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Yeah, but we're in the middle of a war. It would be disappointing if after this all settles GWB didn't follow through, but I don't think that'll happen. We'll see. Jeremy Falcon "so be it, threaten no more, to secure peace is to prepare for war" - Metallica
Sadly, this is what usually happens. The amount of aid required is a fraction of the money used for the Iraq war. The tigress is here :-D
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Rohit Sinha wrote: After the end of the Taliban regime, people are feeling much happier I'm sure, as was evident from their faces. Not agreed at all. Only those people are happy who were in minoriy (commonly known as Northern Alliance) and currently ruling so called "democratic" Afghanistan. Majority of Afghan population is in the southern part of the country and having their views entirely different from northern minority. All the people who are given wide publicity on various news and television networks are those who belongs to northern Afghanistan where only 7% of total population lives. I had never seen any report about "changed" people from Southern Afghanistan. Rohit Sinha wrote: The woman I am talking about was feeling very confident of herself, and was happy that she could finally establish her own identity. In your country, my country and all the other countries, before marriage a girl is is regognized by her father's name and after marriage is recognized by her husband's name. It is a basic principle of Islam that a woman should be recognized by her own name any not by her father's or husband's name. This principle today is not followed even in muslim countries. Only Talibans given them this identity, which unfortunately ended. And according to you they are "happy" with "new" identity. WOW Rohit Sinha wrote: Anyway, she was able to walk around without a "burqa" Burqa is a part of Afghan culture, which is there for ages and people are still following there culture. Few have thrown it away and they are those who belong to ruling northern alliance and are historically tilted towards Russian culture. Even those Afghans refugees who are living in various localities of modern cities in Pakistan for 15 yrs are follwing their own culture. Yes CNN or Times Magazine may show something else. Note: Please don't think that i am Taliban supporter
I'm sure they were happy being denied medical treatment too. And banned from leaving their home unless escorted my a male family member - lucky them ! And there has been footage of women in prison and noone knew why, but the only way out was if someone bribed the jailers :mad: Or I could mention these 'honour' murders that have started becoming more common, particularly in northern Pakistan :mad: Also, I saw a number of happy people filmed in Kabul. The tigress is here :-D
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Though it also has to be said that the US is not following up very well on it's promises of re-building Afghanistan. Apparently Bush did not even mention Afghanistan in his budget request. I wonder what will happen to Iraq. Just a comment :)
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaMacbeth muttered: I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er DavidW wrote: You are totally mad. Nice.
Some links of interest. I haven't read much of these, but it looks the info on what's going on is in here somewhere. (boy, that's helpful isn't ? :~ ) http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/sasia/afghan/text2003/0110rebld.htm[^] http://www.export.gov/afghanistan/[^] http://www.futureharvest.org/news/afghanistan_fh3.shtml[^] http://www.afghanistandaily.com/[^] BW "We get general information and specific information, but none of the specific information talks about time, place or methods or means..." - Tom Ridge - US Secretary of Homeland Security
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Unfortunatly the country was already pretty flattened :( Uptight Ex-Military Republican married to a Commie Lib - How weird is that?
Oh, did anyone help re-build it?
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Some links of interest. I haven't read much of these, but it looks the info on what's going on is in here somewhere. (boy, that's helpful isn't ? :~ ) http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/sasia/afghan/text2003/0110rebld.htm[^] http://www.export.gov/afghanistan/[^] http://www.futureharvest.org/news/afghanistan_fh3.shtml[^] http://www.afghanistandaily.com/[^] BW "We get general information and specific information, but none of the specific information talks about time, place or methods or means..." - Tom Ridge - US Secretary of Homeland Security
Man that sucks. Just shows how I cannot trust what I read or hear from the media at all. After Bush's budget speech a lot of media channels picked up on the "no mention of rebuilding Afghanistan." Then in their articles they said with grand authority how Afghanistan is sitting around waiting for aid that should have arrived months ago. Yet from even that first doc you linked to they show the total amount (something like $5billion) as well as what has been spent, when and where, and what will be spent. Ugh. Do we have to travel to these places ourselves before we can get unbiased and plain wrong information?
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaMacbeth muttered: I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er DavidW wrote: You are totally mad. Nice.
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Man that sucks. Just shows how I cannot trust what I read or hear from the media at all. After Bush's budget speech a lot of media channels picked up on the "no mention of rebuilding Afghanistan." Then in their articles they said with grand authority how Afghanistan is sitting around waiting for aid that should have arrived months ago. Yet from even that first doc you linked to they show the total amount (something like $5billion) as well as what has been spent, when and where, and what will be spent. Ugh. Do we have to travel to these places ourselves before we can get unbiased and plain wrong information?
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaMacbeth muttered: I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er DavidW wrote: You are totally mad. Nice.
Paul Watson wrote: Do we have to travel to these places ourselves before we can get unbiased and plain wrong information? Well apparently we get wrong information without travelling. ;P Unfortunately, it appears the desire for up to the minute information outways accuracy, so stories generally skip past Quality checks. I wonder if an organization who disseminates 100% accurate news would be succesful. "ANN - The Accurate News Network - We get it right, every time." BW "We get general information and specific information, but none of the specific information talks about time, place or methods or means..." - Tom Ridge - US Secretary of Homeland Security