Comments on: A self-defeating argument

By: K B Kale

K B Kale — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:43:35 +0000

All our comments are supposed to be "moderated". If so, how come a comment in bad taste from Mr Sulaiman passes the moderation and gets published? DAWN should check who moderated this comment & passed it!

By: K B Kale

K B Kale — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:41:33 +0000

Sulaimansahab khud to likhate nahin aur jo likhate hain unko beizzat karate hain. Very bad, very bad!

By: K B Kale

K B Kale — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:36:47 +0000

Dear Mr Sulaiman,
Instead of shooting in thin air, why don't you bring out the mistakes (or abuses of the English language?) in Ms Hajrah's article including bad use of grammar? I am somewhat good in that language & I didn't notice any such problem in her article.
If you did, please enlighten all of us poor creatures!

By: magus

magus — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 08:07:59 +0000

"I am appalled at the abuse of the English language by M/s Hajrah Mumtaz. If she lacked proper command of english, she has no right in using it. It is typically bad use of grammar as well as obfuscation of the words in their expression."

You are appalled? In less than forty words you have mauled the language, grammar and usage. Are you just throwing stones or just didn't get what she is trying to say? She has written with insight on an issue which bears thinking by all cultures. I am not very educated but thought this was well written.

By: Raoul Ciao

Raoul Ciao — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:38:51 +0000

some countries have a vibrant culture. (They assimilate , learn from others, accept differences and their people move on in life and in lives lived.)

Others have agriculture.

(point is not that Agri is not imptt – It Is ! but the point is some love to believe that the only thing worth anything is THEM, THEIR behaviour pattern, THEIR religio-sociatal complex and spite their nose by cutting ff their own noses. I'd like to ask these folk a simple question – why is Saudi Arabia and the Kingdom the biggest Plasma TV and Hollywood movie market in ME???? Think a bot before answering – wrong, the Plasma TV is NOT used as a CCTV and wrong again, Hollywood CD's are not imported to be burnt by hate filled mobs to show anger……)

By: Enlightened

Enlightened — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:00:55 +0000

A very apt analysis by the author. Whereas India is putting its best foot forward to improve relations with its neighbour but opposite is happening across the border. A very sad commentary but nothing can be done until there is a change of mindset in Pakistan.

By: K B Kale

K B Kale — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:45:07 +0000

Bravo, Ms Hajrah. You are one brave young girl.
Excellent article. Enjoyed reading it. Keep it up.
KBK

By: @SecularPakista1

@SecularPakista1 — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:14:42 +0000

Cutlure is an expression of varying groups lving in a soceity in peace. Culture imposed via force and violence is not a culture. It is called fascism, where a group with guns decides who to pray to and what to wear. Pakistan's culture is a mix of the two. The forces of regression imposing themsleves to skew the true identity of Pakistan. Given the chance of free thinking and freedom of expression Pakistanis will produce their own culture with values that are universal in mankind – Peace, love, liberty and tolerance. Let's give Paksitanis a chance to define their culture without the extreme polarity of right(religious) or left(complete anarchy), pulling them apart.

By: Kuppuji

Kuppuji — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:08:20 +0000

How is Pakistani culture is so different from the Indian one? After all we were all one not too long ago. When Indian television was in its infancy, I was told that people in Indian Punjab and Haryana turned to Pakistani serial plays which they said were far better their Indian counterparts. Culture has many, many, definitions and it is very difficult to identify only one aspect of it as one's own. All we need is an open mindset and a desire to see and understand other cultures though we need not get overwhelmed by them.

By: Hitesh

Hitesh — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 10:29:46 +0000

Dr. Suleman is as much right as Ms Hajra is. Means are important not Mission.