Comments on: Dear Mushie: Shut up. Sincerely, Pakistan’s Women

By: A N N A

A N N A — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 18:16:08 +0000

i’ll happily answer questions relating to my posts, as long as they are intelligible.

By: marlen

marlen — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 11:10:35 +0000

hi! I’m just another woman from that side of the world where we are free to do anything – have the pill and get away with it, meet the guy and say ” sorry, you are just not good enuogh for me”, things like that…but, really maybe I am just fortunate.One question though: Is Pakistan the worst country to be a woman in? Because I have noe guy here who tries to convince me that it is not…and please can i get an answer from one of your women there? thanks!

By: ashanthi

ashanthi — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 05:13:36 +0000

I think Musharf misses the beat within the country but he’s saved his people from a big war… possibly?

By: Umair Muhajir

Umair Muhajir — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 22:59:55 +0000

PS– particularly uncalled for given various comments on Sepia by people called, among others, “Umair”; leaving the ethics (or lack thereof) of such stereotyping aside, it’s not very likely to be accurate…

By: Ikram

Ikram — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 22:59:34 +0000

not surprising coming from a guy named ikram

Oh dear. Razib (the atheist) and Al Mujahid (for debauchery) were right. Sepiamutiny comment boards really do force silly qualifiers -- to aid the humour impaired and the irretrievably communal (usually the same people).

But what to pick? "Ikram for Self-abuse" -- far too truthful. "Ikram the atheist except during in-flight turbulence"? A little wordy. Obviously needs more thought....

In any case Amplifiar (for misspelling?), I wish Bharat-mata, my own ancestral homeland, all the best. Jai hind!!

By: Umair Muhajir

Umair Muhajir — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 22:57:01 +0000

"not surprising coming from a guy named ikram"

Leaving the merits of any comment made on this thread aside, I think this sort of bigoted comment is uncalled for.

By: Seeker

Seeker — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 22:53:07 +0000

Hey Amplifiar, Don’t expend engery on the matter, it was just a poor bait. Like you said, there so isn’t any comparison between India and Pak. And of course Ikram’s frame of reference should alert you to the low-quality of the bait – he’s quoting baburnama! From a partisan doc (to say the least) from an invading side that didn’t consider other human lives worth letting live.

By: AMPLIFIAR

AMPLIFIAR — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 20:09:55 +0000

... it's also one of the worst countries in the world

not surprising coming from a guy named ikram. But there is hope there that doesn't exist anywhere else. It is a country that still counts a thriving minority. It is a country with a history of inclusion and more important an economy that has its arrows firmly pointed upward. It is a country with a muslim president and a sikh prime minister. lets compare india and pakistan when a hindu or a christian is allowed to becomes its leader(it will never happen there as people there are narrow minded). lets not compare india and pakistan... not yet, not now. The two countries are not even in the same epoch needless to say league.

By: rabfish

rabfish — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 17:36:35 +0000

You need to read this post at pakifeminist.blogspot.com: Rape me, Musharraf.

By: Ikram

Ikram — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 16:24:57 +0000

I would like to know what you think of India…

Just like the Baburnama says, it’s also one of the worst countries in the world. Same for Bdesh, SL, Nepal, Bhutan. Especially AFGH.

But the Maldives — now that’s a nice place!