| When Bush Comes to Shove and other writings. |
A collection of essays, poems, articles published in DAWN, and research papers.
Published by Sang-e-Meel, Lahore, 2005. |
| PREFACE 9 |
| •ARTICLES |
| THE SHAPE OF THE TABLE 15 |
| DEATHLESS END 20 |
| A WAR OF INFINITE PATIENCE 24 |
| ANOTHER DEATH, ANOTHER MEAL 29 |
| THE TILT THAT FAILED 34 |
| THE FATAL HEARTBEAT 39 |
| THE DEFENCES OF PEACE 44 |
| ELECTIONS: A REGRETTABLE NECESSITY 49 |
| THE REFERENDUM TRIAL, AND ERROR 53 |
| A VIOLENT PACIFISM 58 |
| THE MISSILE MAN 63 |
| THE DEMI PRESIDENT, THE SEMI COAS 67 |
| THE IJTIMA AT RAIWIND 72 |
| THE DISUNITED NATIONS OF THE WORLD 77 |
| THE RETURN BUS TICKET 80 |
| THE DIVIDING LINE 85 |
| ETHNICITY IS MORE THAN SKIN DEEP 90 |
| RIGHTS OF ADMISSION RESERVED 95 |
| POVERTY IS NOT SIMPLY A LINE 100 |
| THE EMPTY CHAIR CLUB 105 |
| THE ELASTIC TRUTH 109 |
| CONJOINED WITH KASHMIR 114 |
| JUDGEMENT AT MOSUL 119 |
| CHOOSING ONE'S ENEMIES 123 |
| BULLDOZING TOWARDS PEACE 127 |
| CHICKEN GEORGE 131 |
| THE PRISONER IN THE PALACE 136 |
| THE PRISONER IN THE PRESIDENCY 140 |
| STANDING BY YOUR OPPONENTS 144 |
| HE STOOPED TO CONQUER 148 |
| THE COST OF IGNORANCE 153 |
| THE TASTE OF GRASS 158 |
| THE PROPHECY FULFILLED 162 |
| MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN 167 |
| ABOVE AMBITION 171 |
| NOT ENTIRELY IN COMMAND 176 |
| A SUPER POWER VS THE SUPRA POWER 180 |
| THE GUJRAL DOCTRINE REVISITED 184 |
| THE DIVIDED STATES OF AMERICA 188 |
| THE GORDIAN KNOT 192 |
| HABEMUS PACEM 196 |
| WHERE IN AYODHYA IS THE QIBLAH? 200 |
| RE-ENGINEERING HINDUTVA 204 |
| EAVESDROPPING ON HISTORY 209 |
| THE REWARD OF SUFFERING 214 |
| THE CHANGING FACE OF AMERICA 218 |
| WHEN BUSH COMES TO SHOVE 223 |
| THE INOPERATIVE INTERVIEW 227 |
| WHEN DEATH TOOK THE ROLL CALL 231 |
| IT'S PAY-BACK TIME 234 |
| THE FAULTY BAROMETER 238 |
| THE ODD COUPLE 244 |
| THE MULBERRY BUSH OF KASHMIR 249 |
| HIMALAYAN MISCALCULATIONS 253 |
| LE ROI MANQUÉ 257 |
| •BOOK REVIEWS |
| ANSWERING THE CALL 263 |
| FATHER FIXATIONS 267 |
| UNDERSTANDING THE DALAI LAMA 271 |
| JHELUM: CITY OF THE VITASTA 272 |
| •POEMS |
| A PART OF ME DIED AT KARBALA 277 |
| RETIREMENT 278 |
| I HAVE A HOLE IN MY HEART 279 |
| I SHOULD HAVE LEARNED HOW TO PRAY 280 |
| THE COUNTERFOILS OF MY YEARS 281 |
| LET US RETURN TO THE KINDERGARTEN 282 |
| THE LION KING 284 |
| SURELY WE CAN TALK AGAIN 285 |
| •SPEECHES |
| THE COSTS OF WAR 289 |
| THE SHIFTING QIBLAH 291 |
| RECONCILIATION THROUGH ART 328 |
| NIXON'S WHITE HOUSE & PAKISTAN 334 |
| THE INDO-PAK CURRENT PEACE PROCESS 345 |
| MUSLIM-CHRISTIAN DIALOGUE IN U.K. 352 |
| •INDEX 357 |
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