Gun Markets of Pakistan
Suroosh Alvi, founder of Vice Magazine and VBS.TV, ventures into an area which recently earned the moniker of the “world’s most dangerous area” – the Waziristan tribal area of Pakistan. Pulling some...
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From ibiblio.org India-Burma 2 April 1942–28 January 1945 “We got a hell of a beating,” Lt. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell told the crowd of reporters in the Indian capital of New Delhi. It was May 1942, and...
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Ever hear one of those feel good stories about something great happening to a good guy and think to yourself “Good for you, dude”? This is one them. Indra Tamang played lifelong butler to a rich...
View ArticleThe anti-analysis of Osama’s assassination
“When the truth is like a stranger, hits you right between the eyes” Def Leppard certainly did not have Osama bin Laden being offed in mind, when they penned those lyrics but strangely, the lyrics of a...
View ArticleThoughts on the AMRI tragedy
When I visit India, I usually end up visiting a bunch of friends, uncles, aunties and cousins. Some of them live in modern apartment complexes, towers, as they call them. Taking the elevator and, on...
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