Comments on: Whether my Maker is prepared for the ordeal of meeting me…

By: ahmed

ahmed — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 01:14:06 +0000

Excellent Article, very well Written. Mr. Cowasjee, we will miss you..

By: Nayyar Ahmad

Nayyar Ahmad — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 07:14:05 +0000

thanks for writing, it has been written a lot about his professional career, but his personal life, and way of living was also amazing, and interesting to read! i hope someone at least compile a book on his life!

thanks

By: Aijaz Ali

Aijaz Ali — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 06:29:51 +0000

Great writer/columnist and philanthropist Mr. Ardesher Cowasjee left this world on 24th November 2012. His 22 years association with DAWN, as regular columnist, has jolted power seekers in Pakistan. I read almost all of his 22 year articles published in DAWN. I learned how to write from Cowasjee articles. Every sunday like many others I was also anxiously waiting for his weekly article. The famous judges case was tackle by Supreme Court because of his indepth research about the issue. Today we regular readers of DAWN are mounring his death. God bless this great soul.
Regards,
Aijaz Ali Khuwaja
aakhuwaja1@yahoo.co.in

By: Jawed Reza Sheikh

Jawed Reza Sheikh — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 06:01:55 +0000

A truly great man and writer. His articles are truly missed. I started reading his articles way back in 1989 when I returned to Pakistan and in those days when there was no computer and internet I would cut his articles and file in a box file to save these. May I suggest to Dawn to publish his articles with his family’s permission in a book form.

By: Dr.Emile Unjom

Dr.Emile Unjom — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 04:58:28 +0000

Another voice has embraced the destined silence,but sad no one that mattered heeded to pay attention to the passion and pain he carried for his country though being a minority. A Pakistani through his sincere,timely and thoughtful columns have earned the respect all over the world.
Rest in peace you have fought a good fight.

By: Fahad

Fahad — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 04:51:16 +0000

Such a courageous and honest person, I would have admired him more only if he had brains as well.

By: Aimal Khan

Aimal Khan — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 04:04:57 +0000

Alsatians and Mongrels? Only a mongrel would giggle at what Cowasjee said.He was brave, usually right and often very blunt. He will be missed. May he be where ever he wanted to be.

By: Dr. Hameed Khan

Dr. Hameed Khan — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:04:36 +0000

I have read his articles probably since he started writing in Dawn. One could sense the pain that he endured while wrting these lines for he surely loved Pakistan like so many of us. Yet for some time I had drifted away from his articles when I sensesd that there was hopelessness and despair in most of these writings. For instance in an interview to the Los Angeles Times in 2008 he remarked “Pakistan is going to break up in the years to come, and everyone who can should pack up their bags and leave,Pack up and leave if you can. There’s no hope for this country”.( http://articles.latimes.com/2008/feb/11/world/fg-columnist11).For those who have no choice but to live in Pakistan these remarks are demeaning. Pakistan is not just Karachi or Islamabad and the ills of big cities do not reflect the situation of the towns and villages where people are immune to political patronage, extortion and lawlessness that we see in these cosmopolitons.
I love my country and even more when abroad. We are passing through a turmoil created by a confused system of government but history tells us that nations have risen from the ashes. There are people who have sacrificed everything for this country and a few crooks should not discourage those who are passionate about it. After all Jinnah returned to India in the darkest period of the sub continent,even though he could have stayed in Britain. Sorry Mr. Cowasjee, I wasnt pleased to read that you regarded partition of India behind all evils in Pakistan. Without Pakistan we would have been no ones.. We live for hope and we are Jinnah’s followers.

By: kannan

kannan — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 21:48:08 +0000

I have enjoyed reading his columns over many years. He made me realise India and Pakistan were not very different in the day-to-day life of its citizens, despite years of forced partition and supposedly different political systems. His sense of right and justice shone through his writings. A good man, a good life. I am sure many have been affected positively by him.

By: Mark Edward Croy

Mark Edward Croy — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:30:26 +0000

We will miss this great voice of reason and peace…even here in America we have wondered at his resilience and courage. Surely, Heaven is a better place for his presence and Pakistan the less for his absence…