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2011-07-16 India-Pakistan

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Posted by john frum 2011-07-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Thank you that was interesting and sad. "And it should provoke no triumphalism in India, for behind the bluster and the bravado, there is arid pain and sadness". Hope Mike gets a look at this. This fellow has a nice writing style.

Posted by Dale 2011-07-16 09:40|| 2011-07-16 09:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Could it be, dear Aatish, because your father belonged to a human subgroup members of which are markedly deficient in ability to feel love, compassion, and empathy with others---but, in compensation, are endowed with extra ability to hate?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-07-16 10:11|| 2011-07-16 10:11|| Front Page Top

#3 Is this a Dreams of my Father moment?

Posted by JohnQC 2011-07-16 14:10|| 2011-07-16 14:10|| Front Page Top

#4 Is this a Dreams of my Father Moment?

I think so, JohnQC. From Papa's Wikipedia page:

Taseer also had a son, Aatish, in 1980 with Indian journalist Tavleen Singh. Though married at the time, Taseer met Singh during a book promotion trip to India in March 1980. According to Aatish, their "affair lasted little more than a week."

What Mama was thinking I simply cannot imagine.

Posted by trailing wife 2011-07-16 18:41|| 2011-07-16 18:41|| Front Page Top

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