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*Photo illustrations by Nadeem F. Paracha
Nadeem F. Paracha is a cultural critic and senior columnist for Dawn Newspaper and Dawn.com
The views expressed by this blogger and in the following reader comments do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Dawn Media Group.
Nadeem F. Paracha is a cultural critic and senior columnist for Dawn Newspaper and Dawn.com. He is also the author of two books on the social history of Pakistan, End of the Past and The Pakistan Anti-Hero.
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Nov 17, 2011 11:54am
brilliant stuff NFP
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Nov 17, 2011 12:07pm
I have been a regular reader of Dawn on the Net for last 2 years from India and a keen follower of Nadeem articles..Did not know he had such a great talent on Cartooning and satire as well..gr8 job..
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Nov 17, 2011 12:11pm
LOL! You are THE MAN!! Loved each one of them. Spared no-one. NFP's the king of satire and madcap humor. Kudos!
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Nov 17, 2011 12:26pm
Couldn't understand any thing!!!!!!!!
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Nov 17, 2011 12:36pm
NFP...Excellent...How you read our minds...wonderful
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Nov 17, 2011 12:50pm
Everything is okay .. except that u showed Imran Khan as the dictator, actually he's the true democratic leader of our country!
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Nov 17, 2011 01:11pm
YAWN !!!!!
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Nov 17, 2011 01:14pm
LOL....hilarious!
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Nov 17, 2011 01:27pm
@NFP.....I am a regular aspirant of your writings ...once I was a regular reader of your work on paper based Dawn and now on Dawn.com......I liked the visual demonstatration of the facts and bitter truth.....
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Nov 17, 2011 01:51pm
Kudos NFP, One more star to the cap.
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Nov 17, 2011 01:51pm
where are you in the picture NFP
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Nov 17, 2011 02:22pm
Hilarious! specially Strings and Roy
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Nov 17, 2011 02:54pm
Gr8 NFP u make me Smile.....
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Nov 17, 2011 03:12pm
I usually admire NFP s sataires and wit but I must say that I am a little put off by the way you use the terminology of "Dirty Hindu God" . If it was necessary to use this term then I guess its ok for people from other religions to use the term "Dirty Muslim God". Respect for all religions may be a novelty in Pakistan, but the least you can do is to refrain from derogatory terms (even if it is for pun or sataire).
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Nov 17, 2011 03:55pm
I was desperately looking for something from him since his last article.
But Nadeem was disappointed cos it ghot finished soon.
Write more NFP.. Love your writings..
Ashok
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Nov 17, 2011 04:01pm
hilarious :D
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Nov 17, 2011 04:30pm
In hindu mythology all sorts of language is used.Knowing it is a humorous piece,I dont think this should be made an issue .
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Nov 17, 2011 04:31pm
I could not agree more with you.
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Nov 17, 2011 04:32pm
NFP -As a cartoonist you might have a future in journalism.
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Nov 17, 2011 05:00pm
i must concur with indian. a less controversial alternative could have been used.
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Nov 17, 2011 05:02pm
@India
The use of those words are not meant in any way to be pejorative or insulting to
Hindus. The reason was to emphasize the pathological and messianic hatred such "holy warriors" are consumed with.
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Nov 17, 2011 05:06pm
I agree with Indian, only remark I will have for this post is not to bring references to religion or race into any critics - there is simply no need and no benefit.
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Nov 17, 2011 05:56pm
NFP, are you planting the ideas in to politicians mind? plant some honesty too, you never know
its beautifully illustrated
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Nov 17, 2011 07:08pm
Hillarious! But not as good as your last post!
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Nov 17, 2011 07:28pm
Alice in Liaqatabad.. hahah brilliant
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Nov 17, 2011 08:06pm
Nose job! that is funny!
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Nov 17, 2011 08:33pm
With one seat and wanna be King This is a sign of dictator
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Nov 17, 2011 08:56pm
brilliant and funny!
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Nov 17, 2011 09:54pm
indian,come on ! this is precisely why hindus and hinduism has survived 5000 yrs
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Nov 17, 2011 10:26pm
Excellent Mr. Paracha. U r a star.
I know Mr. Paracha will be different and interesting .Well done. Keep doing.
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Nov 17, 2011 11:33pm
beautiful illustration you surely are multifaceted.....
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Nov 17, 2011 11:39pm
superb.........loved it n njoyd it to the core
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Nov 17, 2011 11:50pm
NFP at his worst.............simply pathetic
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Nov 18, 2011 12:00am
Interesting how it is considered acceptable, and indeed progressive, for NFP to attack those who believe in the Muslim God, but unacceptable and controversial for him to attack the Hindu one.
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Nov 18, 2011 12:06am
Didnt know our sense of humor has gone this stale. Looks like a work around for the inability to write an article.
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Nov 18, 2011 12:08am
Dont worry, you didnt miss anything....
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Nov 18, 2011 12:53am
Most Muslims are Hypocrites They make fun of others but cant take the heat themselves.
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Nov 18, 2011 01:38am
Excellent presentation by NFP.
Those who believe there is one God of Muslims and one God of Hindus and one for Christians and one for Jews and none for Atheists, do not know God, The fact is there is only one Creator of Universe known by different names in every language of world. In Arabic, Allah; in Farsi, Khoda, in English, God; in Hindi, Eshwar and Bhagwan etc. etc.
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Nov 18, 2011 04:20am
G. Nabi, for your information, NFP is a journalist as well as cartoonist.
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Nov 18, 2011 04:34am
Get a life NFP. You're not funny.
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Nov 18, 2011 05:15am
Dirty Hindu God" was used to portray musilm fanatics, this was not what NFP thinks of hindu gods, this was jdt a role play. so, please dont be offended.
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Nov 18, 2011 06:38am
khappay sesame ... what a ripper !!! NFP says the stuff what most of us just think ... Salute !!!
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Nov 18, 2011 07:44am
Could someone from the long list of people who love this, please explain the funny in this post. Other than the last cartoon, I can't see any satire or humor (and yes I do know all the stories the pictures refer to).
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Nov 18, 2011 09:05am
You made my day Paracha...
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Nov 18, 2011 09:27am
I want to see what you have to say for your own self NFP :)
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Nov 18, 2011 09:46am
Surprisingly Asif Zardari is missing.
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Nov 18, 2011 10:43am
Well said --- we do not learn anything from history of cartoons ---- lets us see the next production.
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Nov 18, 2011 10:46am
Cmon guys. It is pure fun. Let us not behave like the zealots themselves. You carry on NFP.
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Nov 18, 2011 11:18am
ahahahahahahahaha
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Nov 18, 2011 12:09pm
Paracha....you son of a "GEM".....You made us realize there was so much to laugh about in the drab world of Pakistani politics...Thanks a zillian.
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Nov 18, 2011 12:56pm
Wont help, brother. You need to take course on satire. Now please do not as what satire means.
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Nov 18, 2011 12:58pm
Look at the Shahbaz Sharif image closely.
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Nov 18, 2011 01:36pm
The problem with most people who give criticism is that they almost always feel they could do it better. This brings to mind the obvious question, which is ... if they could do it better, then why aren't they doing it..Feedback is not about insulting someone's behavior, it's about telling him or her how to be better. For example, you would never say to a child, "You are a mistake." Instead you would say, ...You made a mistake....well sir Nadeem you could do much better, its okay you conveniently left the head of the 40 thieves & his cabinet alone ...lol
thanks
best wishes
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Nov 18, 2011 02:37pm
Absolutely
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Nov 18, 2011 03:16pm
Yup... You must do something to produce some columnists... Open an academy to serve the purpose...
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Nov 18, 2011 03:16pm
And what about those who give praises and come up with clapping as soon as the blog is out.??
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Nov 18, 2011 03:27pm
you cannot be serious man.....................are you really...........???
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Nov 18, 2011 09:08pm
Sorry man this was just plain dull. Your serious articles are what I enjoy reading. Your satirical ones; sadly not. And the cartoons, I won't even start.
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Nov 18, 2011 10:54pm
awesome man thats lovely..............!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Nov 19, 2011 12:57am
Oh, come on! It doesn't matter in the least. Let anyone call any God anything. If God is all that you believe in, He won't mind.
I don't know why some people react with so much zeal to such insignificant things. Hinduism, in a broad way, is supposed to be a philosophy of open thoughts and minds.
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Nov 19, 2011 05:46am
What a disappointment! He is making fun of so many people and thinking its alright, you really need to stop such blogs, they are very disturbing. He made fun of everyone, but apparently there's no Zardari or any PPP people, which shows this is in support of the current government.
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Nov 19, 2011 09:28am
This is incredible.
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Nov 19, 2011 03:42pm
Pathetic nothing seems funny really. You need to work hard my friend...
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Nov 19, 2011 07:07pm
Nice Pics dear.
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Nov 20, 2011 10:22pm
NFP!!! You are the man my friend :) and you are perfectly right, nose jobs are the only jobs left in US, rest are with the Indians. And about your comment 'dirty hindu God', I know u didnt mean it.
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Nov 20, 2011 11:32pm
truth sometime my friend is not funny!
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Nov 22, 2011 10:51am
totally agree!
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Nov 23, 2011 12:14pm
Poor and pathetic approach..!
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Nov 24, 2011 02:44am
Most help articles on the web are iancucatre or incoherent. Not this!
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Nov 30, 2011 02:32am
Can you also write about PM Gilani? In every picture he always looks and appears surprised? What is with this wide eyes and a forced smile?
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