Introduction Kashmir has become the petri dish of the 21st century and thus it shall be viewed by political scientists of the future. What would challenge their concepts of a modern state is not where state and religion may cohabit neither detracting from the other, but to what extent a state may let religion its [...]
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What Ails Kashmir?
Posted in essays, tagged appeasement, Daniel Pearl, foreign militants, ISI, Islamic crescent, Kandhahar incident, Kashmir problem, politics, proxy war, religion,, Vajpayee government on October 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A Case for War crimes against humanity-North Korea
Posted in current news, tagged Korea, news on the March, North Korea, South Korea on October 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
What happened in Rwanda, Serebrinica or Kosovo was terrible. Blood was spilt and ethnic cleansing waged by either side merited highest punishment to those who were responsible. Those who pulled the trigger were as guilty as those who stood on the sidelines and cheered on. No less evil were those ideologues who made the cause [...]
Elves Bells-colophon
Posted in notice, tagged art, Benny Thomas, Elves Bells, fairy tales, fractured tales, illustration on October 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Caricature-Gen.Zial al-Huq
Posted in cartoons, tagged CIA, failed state, hangman, Pakistan, plane crash, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto on October 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Elves Bells-fractured fairy tales
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged fairy tales, illustrations on October 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I have started a new blog url of which is http://ben4ben.wordpress.com. I shall be exclusively posting updated classics there. Name of the blog is Elves Bells. Those who are interested in updating the fairy tales of old are welcome to sample them .These stories shall be illustrated wherever possible. benny
Manoranjan-2 JNU,New Delhi
Posted in cartoons, tagged 1973, Benny Thomas, cartoonist, comic strip, India, pun, university on October 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Bull and the Ass-illustrated
Posted in illustrations, tagged artist, battle of the sexes, Benny Thomas, The Arabian Nights, The Tale of the Bull and the Ass, watercolor on October 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Storytime: the tale of the Bull and the Ass
Posted in parody, tagged battle of the sexes, Benny Thomas, humor, story teller, The Arabaian Nights on October 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Tale of the Bull and the Ass © There was a merchant in Mosul and he had a wife by name Zainaba. She loved him to distraction. She wanted to engage him at all hours in conversation. While in the middle of crossword puzzle she was sure to ask whatever popped in her mind. [...]
The Fisherman and the Jinn-retold
Posted in short story, tagged Benny Thomas, Dome of the Rock, Jerusalen, seal of Solomon, story teller, The Arabian Nights, the fisherman on October 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Abdullah the fisherman was as poor as can be. He was wont to cast his net in the shallow waters. Those who launched out in the mid-sea brought home bigger catch. Many of Abdullah’s friends advised him to dare and go for bigger things. Poor Abdu! he quaked at the idea of exposing himself to [...]
The ant and the grasshopper-the story
Posted in Aesop, fables, history, Aesop and the Ass, modern fable, tagged allegience, Benny Thomas, buzz words, hollow sounds, humanity, laborclass, patriotism, story teller, wealth on October 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
conclusion: The fat capitalist had its face pinched with mounting woes. It thought it could knock at the door of the ants and get help. So it waded through thick snow even as army of ants from abroad were converging there. Those ants hit by natural calamities knew the ants in so and so county [...]
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