Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Pedro Naik Ye olde paper is really losing its marbles. How else to explain the call I received from the editor? “Pedro,” he barked, nearly blowing my head off as I put the receiver to my … Continue reading
Subscribe to ShahidulNews America’s biggest creditor – China – has called our bluff. As the Financial Times notes, the head of China’s biggest credit rating agency has said America is insolvent and that U.S. credit ratings are a joke: The … Continue reading
Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Tabish Khair (Excerpt from a talk given in 2005 at the Florence Poetry Festival, later also published in The Hindu, Chennai, on 1st January 2006.) To be born into a minority is a blessing and a … Continue reading
Subscribe to ShahidulNews As a Muslim I cannot take the easy path of a rousing condemnation of Israel By Tabish Khair guardian.co.uk, Saturday 17 January 2009 11.00 GMT The statistics are clear: about 1,000 Palestinians, including more than 400 children … Continue reading
Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Carl Sagan “From this distant vantage point, the Earth might not seem of particular interest. But for us, it’s different. Consider again that dot. That’s here, that’s home, that’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone … Continue reading
