Comments on: Udham Singh

By: sav

sav — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:58:00 +0000

LOL. It’s best if you read it outloud “in character”, na?

By: sepoy

sepoy — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:07:56 +0000

Did I not say: AVOID!?

By: desiknitter

desiknitter — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:14:39 +0000

Ok, yuk, so I made the mistake of reading the other one. It took me forever to realise that ‘tau’ is so and not uncle. My haalats are now very bad, indeed.

By: desiknitter

desiknitter — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:01:56 +0000

“creoly roly poly”. “anti-imperialist season”. I cannot wait to sprinkle these into a conversation. “you, creoly, roly poly, you!!” with a friendly poke in the ribs.

By: lapata

lapata — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:53:19 +0000

But it’s Pakistani chick lit! Did you see the cover? http://tinyurl.com/yzmoxpq

By: sepoy

sepoy — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:17:44 +0000

There isn’t enough snark or ridicule to do justice to that piece. I walked away.

By: lapata

lapata — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:53:23 +0000

I’m very disappointed you didn’t write on that other piece. Sample: “Haalats are very bad. So bad so bad, keh don’t even ask. Every day bombs bursting everywhere and people dying like fries. And because of all these bombs shombs and shooting vooting, life has become very bore.”

By: AIG

AIG — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:48:24 +0000

Obama: as the colonial overlord of Afghanistan
These colonial words will be remembered in Afghanistan history when it is written years from now. This is quite something even by the standards of US world supremacy. This is like something Lord Cromer, the Victorial Imperialist, would have said: “He assured me that he understood the importance of this moment, but as I indicated to him, the proof is not going to be in words, it’s going to be in deeds.”

By: Conrad Barwa

Conrad Barwa — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:34:51 +0000

There was a very interesting documentary shown by the BBC as part of the anti-imperialist season concerning various figures who aren’t necessarily that well known outside their own countries or whose reputation have been re-evaluated. the episodes on Udham Singh and Roger Casement were very good in particular; the deaths of both these figures does not reflect well on the authorities.

Special Branch had some surveillance on Udham Singh for a while, which backs up what you say, I think he had a relationship with an Englishwoman for a while during his stay in England, from the records; something else you won’t hear about in the straightforward hagiographies we were fed in school about him; just as Bhagat Singh’s atheism and socialism are also frequently glossed over in official accounts and schools.