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Author Archives: Razi Azmi
Dual nationality and nil nationality
In all countries where migrants have settled, with or without the privilege of dual nationality, there is a strong perception that they remain loyal to their country of origin. As a result, in times of economic crisis, they are made … Continue reading
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Gods’ Garden and Rocky Mountain
It would have been no laughing matter had the over-sensitive US Department of Homeland Security been alerted to the fact that, in the driver’s seat of this American car with a New York number plate, was a Pakistani man with … Continue reading
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Grand Canyon – amazing, sublime and lonely
While the beneficial effects of physical exercise at the gym are obvious, repeated prostrations at mosques are yet to show results, if the moral standards and civic behaviour in Muslim countries are any guide.
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Little something on a fabled coastline
“On this fabled coastline, redwood groves reach skyward, the Santa Lucia Range plunges into the sea, and waves are beaten to froth on ragged rocks. It’s a place of elemental power that can make human affairs seem inconsequential.”
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No trivial matter
We like to keep our homes neat and clean but habitually dump garbage out on the streets and in parks. Who amongst us does not occasionally feel the need to answer the call of nature when outdoors, yet we don’t … Continue reading
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Hate mongering in god’s name
I wonder what the sentinels of the “fortress of Islam” called Pakistan want to do about the fact that, in public places, one cannot distinguish an Ahmadi from a Muslim by their looks. (Daily Times, 16 May 2012)
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Plagiarism? What?
Most students and many teachers, from high school to university, honestly believe that research essentially means bringing together relevant data and paragraphs from a wide array of published sources to, quite literally, assemble a coherent essay or thesis.
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A Creeping Inquisition
Citizens of the Islamic Republic are merely reaping what they collectively sowed decades ago by making it the business of the state to enforce, protect and promote religion. (Published in Daily Times, 2 May 2012) An 80-year old man, Iqbal … Continue reading
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Heaven on Earth
(Published in Daily Times, 25 April 2012. This is the 7th installment in the series “Across America & Canada by Road″. All can be read here under the “Here & There” category)
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Through Prairie to Paradise
(Published in Daily Times, 18 April 2012. This is the 6th installment in this series. For the first four installments, go to “Across America & Canada by Road, Part-1″)
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