tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post3081790164872888707..comments2024-03-12T11:44:58.123+04:00Comments on UAE Community Blog: The great Mirza Malik Hullabaloosecretdubaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115610824191031176noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-42453582514768966242010-04-17T19:42:02.944+04:002010-04-17T19:42:02.944+04:00Having problems opening youtube, anyone else in th...Having problems opening youtube, anyone else in the same situation???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-75648947807695780732010-04-15T23:27:37.287+04:002010-04-15T23:27:37.287+04:00A little off topic...is anyone facing problems wit...A little off topic...is anyone facing problems with the internet. For the past few its been really slow and some site don't load. :(<br />Btw nice post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-37344462546309796542010-04-11T06:24:18.569+04:002010-04-11T06:24:18.569+04:00LOL @ the_fat_dark_madrasi. Nicely said!
Nick, I...LOL @ the_fat_dark_madrasi. Nicely said! <br /><br />Nick, I hear you. 2 fils, I don't think you can fix 'stupid' because, some things never change.. or perhaps take a millennium and a half. The stares aren't going to stop. You know, it wasn't bad 20 years ago.. and then, there was this huge influx, somewhere past mid 90s and as the Madrsai said, brought along all their ways.roshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03271894997251528158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-41469182052265257882010-04-10T10:55:21.891+04:002010-04-10T10:55:21.891+04:00Gargoyle,
Too busy lately to maintain my blog but...Gargoyle, <br />Too busy lately to maintain my blog but I can always vent my spleen here...or on others' blogs.<br /><br />To escape Indian-Pakistan tittle tattle or so-called mixed couple 'issues', London would be a good choice. Nonone there ever gave my wife and me a second glance; In Dubai, stares! Come to think of it, when we are in India we face a lot less interest from onlookers than in Dubai. It must be the distance that brings out the worst in epxats...<br />Hence, the post.huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09299456569511629114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-62615087491091047712010-04-10T10:42:58.791+04:002010-04-10T10:42:58.791+04:00Hammad,
Isn't it handy to have 'billions...Hammad, <br /><br />Isn't it handy to have 'billions' of 'indifferent' people who are not like the mob?<br />It's just that, being indifferent they do not counteract but are just being indifferent, sip chai and tsk-tsk away and hand the front pages to the mob...<br /><br />Which seems to me a pretty accurate reflection of politics in India by the way.huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09299456569511629114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-76121648433722967642010-04-10T08:23:04.134+04:002010-04-10T08:23:04.134+04:00Hey,
Why the sourness towards the letters. That i...Hey,<br /><br />Why the sourness towards the letters. That is the first place I go to when I open the newspaper. You can glean the color and caliber of the millions of clowns who inhabit this place. I seriously wish the UAE would do some kind of psychometric test with the emphasis on the psycho before they let people in here. Whats alarming is these types are allowed to breed and create more of their ilk. Eventually you have a generation full of bigoted, fanatical and copiously affluent subcontinentals who care nothing for other people from their own country because they are of another caste/religion/clan/tribe. While I agree with your article in its entirety, I would be cautious about using broad strokes and painting all as such. Like you said, we are after all a nation of a billion people; surely we can't all be the same.<br /><br />Keep tapping on that keyboard !<br /><br />the_fat_dark_madrasithe_fat_dark_madrasinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-17192557087132696582010-04-09T21:52:27.775+04:002010-04-09T21:52:27.775+04:00Ah. I read with relish, vaguely thinking "fam...Ah. I read with relish, vaguely thinking "familiar style". And so it proved to be. I echo Dubai Jazz - glad to see you posting, Nick. Was horrfied to find your blog had disappeared off the face of blogger.com.<br /><br />And yes, if you wanted to escape the Indo-Pak social swamp, Dubai's a strange choice. For that, you'd have to go to.... nope, can't think of anywhere free of it! Might as well be Dubai, then - at least they'll get your pictures in the papers often and the public will have no hope of forgetting them.Gargoylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01719949278784703463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-78966085198902244202010-04-08T13:28:04.000+04:002010-04-08T13:28:04.000+04:00@Article,
There may be few dozen (or few hundred ...@Article,<br /><br />There may be few dozen (or few hundred at max) sub continentals protesting/condemning on Shoaib-Sania marriage, billions are indifferent about this. <br /><br />I have always found Pakistan/India media to be far more dramatic and issue creating then Indians and Pakistanis I have met in real life. I know at least a dozen Indian/Pakistani (some are even cross religion) couples living in and nobody bothers to make it an issue.<br /><br />Stupid in Gulf fight over Persian vs. Arabian gulf name, stupid in US makes Transformers a block buster movie, stupid in sub-continent makes Sania-Shoaib marriage an issue. Life would be far more difficult for intelligent in absence of these stupid.Hammadhttp://hammadbinarif.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-28595430284930864132010-04-08T11:21:06.055+04:002010-04-08T11:21:06.055+04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-23902199761852639672010-04-08T10:59:30.215+04:002010-04-08T10:59:30.215+04:00BuJ,
This was and is not about the wedding.
I th...BuJ, <br /><br />This was and is not about the wedding.<br />I thought the reactions this non-event of two individuals getting married provoked among Indian and Pakistani residents in Dubai were enlightening: A catalyst for small mindedness.<br />And I think this is of interest to everyone who lives in this fragmented society. No wonder some anonymous subcontinentals got all huffy about it. It must be embarrassing for sure.huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09299456569511629114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-33497035850813478972010-04-07T23:54:27.960+04:002010-04-07T23:54:27.960+04:00after the dubai wedding for the love birds, i wann...after the dubai wedding for the love birds, i wanna see their kid grow up here and i want the real nick to post another lovely article about the kid growing up in this perfect city<br /><br />ohh i can't wait !!!<br /><br />so can't DJ!BuJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17281313255927628650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-39701000000987754882010-04-07T18:13:26.100+04:002010-04-07T18:13:26.100+04:00Comment deleted
This post has been removed by a b...<i>Comment deleted<br /><br />This post has been removed by a blog administrator.<br /><br />05 April, 2010 18:02</i><br /><br />I fail to understand, which part of my original comment was deemed offensive that warranted this intervention by Blog Admin?<br /><br />Posted by Anonymous that posted 5 April, 2010 at 18:02Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-32897923339046031512010-04-05T21:23:08.471+04:002010-04-05T21:23:08.471+04:00"..- that kind of 21st century cosmopolitan b..."..- that kind of 21st century cosmopolitan behaviour."<br /><br />LOL! Thanks for the chuckle Nick. It's true, there's a TON of the narrow minded/stone age bigotry in Dubai/UAE. As much as it's sleazy entertainment, the clowns at the letters forum could give it a rest.roshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03271894997251528158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-29041458070700726142010-04-05T18:02:37.260+04:002010-04-05T18:02:37.260+04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-23041972267971508452010-04-05T15:38:25.656+04:002010-04-05T15:38:25.656+04:00I live in India. And the only 'nationlist'...I live in India. And the only 'nationlist', 'hindu' party commenting on this is the one without any votes. The 'common man' recognises this as desperate attempt to get attention and so does the media in India. <br /><br />She has said she'll continue to play (and lose) for India. She does not even have a visa for Shoaib's hometown. <br /><br />There is no accounting for what expats think - if you are right. <br /><br />The bigger story here is that Shoaib, the great banned Pakistani pin up cricketer is perhaps already married to another girl from Sania's city. He has been busy denying it. She has filed a complaint against him and his passport has been seized.<br /><br />And no hindu extremists ever suggested Sania wear a tilak or cover up - she's a muslim and only some (Indian) muslim extremists were watching her hemline. The Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, which is the most influential islamic org in india, said it has no plans of disrupting her game. <br /><br />I don't think criticism is bad, but its usually good to be sure of your facts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-36116153129379143732010-04-05T14:55:03.697+04:002010-04-05T14:55:03.697+04:00yes nick, i know. we are practically family now. h...yes nick, i know. we are practically family now. heh. <br />Mullah Omar wants you to visit for dinner.hemlockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02886283830369668137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-47725405238356269052010-04-05T13:40:02.468+04:002010-04-05T13:40:02.468+04:00Who is opposing this marriage in Pakistan? They ar...Who is opposing this marriage in Pakistan? They are celebrating it! Watch Pakistani TV Channels and you would know. <br /><br />You have not done proper homework before posting this article. <br /><br />I am not an expert, but marrying out of religion is forbidden in Islam (religion of both the individuals involved in this case). Although there are certain waivers given for people of the book (i.e. Jews, Christains etc), but not for Hindus.Umerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17674143335797900797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-45043159397262979182010-04-05T12:23:28.600+04:002010-04-05T12:23:28.600+04:00Glad to see you posting, Nick.Glad to see you posting, Nick.Dubai Jazzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17951647402774044439noreply@blogger.com