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By Najeebullah Hazem

Afghanistan has historically been called the ‘crossroads of Asia’. It has credibly met the obligation of the nickname throughout centuries and has witnessed the path of hundreds of caravans laden with commercial goods headed towards countries on either end of the Silk Route.

Apart from the exchange of goods, these caravans also facilitated exposure to the widely-differing cultures of the countries through which they traveled. So if on the one hand, spices from India were sold in Italy, and Chinese silk adorned the dwellers of the castles and the courts of Europe, Europeans got a glimpse of oriental philosophies and religions, works of art and ways of life . In turn, traditions from Europe were brought to the people of the East. All of this, however, was in the past.

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The Nepali Dada declares that the older generation of Nepali citizens as the single most dangerous faction of people in Nepal. The official Nepali Dada Doctor in terms of reasons stated, “Old people are too old. Like a walkman trying to impress an ipods.” After much debate the Nepali Dada Party the official statement from the Nepali Dada Party stated, “We declare war on old people. We shall become death itself and kill off old people through our weapon of mass destruction – old age.”

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In a separate instance, the Nepali Dada Party is having a tough time controlling its male and female cadres, who having watched the Nepali mega blockbuster  movie “First Love” are raping everyone they fancy. (more…)

Anusha Rizvi proves that spoof can be a powerful tool of social awakening.

By Laxmi Murthy

‘Just like a documentary, so realistic!’ remarks one of my aunts as we stream out of the theatre, the haunting background score of ‘Peepli [Live]’ still resounding in our ears. ‘Excellent film, but what’s the use,’ says the other aunt, ‘We will simply go back and discuss it in our drawing rooms’. ‘But at least we will do that – now we will talk about farmers’ suicide,’ is the conclusion. (more…)

It has come to the attention of the long latent communications department of the Nepali Dada Party that the millions and millions of its Indian cohorts are requesting the Nepali Dada Party to intervene and correct the gross incompetences and negligence that is being exhibited by the Government of India. (more…)

Ahmed Yusuf writes about the recent assassination of BNP-M Secretary-General Habib Jalib Baloch, and the life of his namesake.

BNP-M Secretary-General Habib Jalib Baloch

Habib Jalib Baloch, the secretary-general of the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M), was gunned down on 14 July in Quetta, in what is believed to be a targeted attack. The incident took place in broad daylight, when Baloch was dropping his children off to school en route to work where he was to plead a case before a court of Pakistani law. (more…)