Blogcritics Author: razarumi

Book Review: No Space for Further Burials, a Novel on Afghanistan by Feryal Ali Gauhar

razarumi — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 01:22:50 EST

Ali Gauhar's novel steps out of clich� and articulates a global voice and attacks the myth of 'Islamic threat'.
Decades of imperialism have left Afghanistan and its people devastated. But the fall of the Taliban and the much touted “liberation” of Afghanistan has produced a new spate of novels, films and other artistic media dealing with the “Afghan victim.”And when I say “Afghan victim,” I mean a nauseating overdose of...

Art Review: Silent Wish - Paintings from Southern Thailand by Pearapong Khireewong

razarumi — Thu, 8 Nov 2007 14:47:31 EST

Pearapong Khireewong represents a new sensibility that is both original and provocative and uses art as an agent of peace.
Through sheer coincidence, I ended up at an art gallery in Bangkok while looking for something else. Carpediem gallery is on the busy Ploenchit Road that has also seen a facelift due to the infrastructure improvement in Bangkok. As I entered the art gallery, I could not help noticing a Buddha image painted in black, with a distant light making the...

Despite the Tragedy, Extremism Will be Fought by Pakistanis

razarumi — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 17:56:04 EDT

The people of Pakistan rejected extremism despite the suicide attacks on the biggest rally of the secular party
140 are dead and 538 injured in Karachi suicide attacks on the biggest rally of the country's largest secular party. Millions had rejected extremism earlier on the streets of Karachi!October 18 was the day of unforgettable images - moving pictures of excitement, energy, applause and then the saddest of recent tragedies. Innocent men and women...