Tag: Pakistan

  • The Cooperative Movement

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    Although this article is about the case for establishing energy cooperatives in rural Pakistan, it has a lot of great information about cooperatives in general. Mr. Ali was kind enough to give me permission to post his article in full. You can read more of his articles at The News.  February 1, 2020 The cooperative…

  • Sunday Prayer – Mast Qalandar!

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    Nicholas Schmidle relates his experience at the annual three-day festival marking the death of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar at Smithsonian.com.  Every year, a few hundred thousand Sufis converge in Seh- wan, a town in Pakistan’s southeastern Sindh province for the festival. In the desert swelter of southern Pakistan, the scent of rose­water mixed with a waft of…

  • Reshma R.I.P.

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    Reshma, a well-loved singer in India and Pakistan, died in November of this year in Lahore. Subhash Ghai used her voice in the film Hero, which featured one of her most famous songs, “Lambi Judai”. During her career she was invited to meet Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. In October 2002, Reshma performed at the Brunei Gallery in London to a…

  • Poetry in Afghanistan: New York Times Profiles Matiullah Turab

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    The New York Times features the life and writing of Matiullah Turab. Mr. Turab is a popular poet who performs throughout Afghanistan and works during the day as a metalsmith. With his unflinching words, Mr. Turab, 44, offers a voice for Afghans grown cynical about the war and its perpetrators: the Americans, the Taliban, the Afghan government,…

  • Action Alert

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    I personally can’t understand how these heartless…I won’t even say corporations, because at the end of the day it’s people who make these decisions, can simply come in and steal people’s water with no regard for the damage they are inflicting on the local community.  It’s outrageous. Yes, governments should do something, but we enable…

  • Sunday’s Poem

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    Noshi Gillani Is a poet from Pakistan who writes in Urdu. Noshi Gillani was born in Pakistan in 1964. Her fifth collection of poems: Ay Meeray Shureek-E-Risal-E-Jaan, Hum Tera Intezaar Kurtay Rahey (O My Beloved, I Kept Waiting for You) was published in Pakistan in 2008. Can Someone Bring Me My Entire Being? My arms, my eyes, my face? I am a…

  • Malala Yousafzai Addresses United Nations

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    Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai addresses the United Nations as part of her campaign to ensure free compulsory education for every child. “I am here to speak up for the right of education of every child,” she said.  She also invokes the names of Gandhi, Mother Theresa and Martin Luther King while advocating for peace and non-violence.…