DesPardes

Internet News Magazine For South Asian Diaspora; Editor/Publisher: Irshad Salim

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Why was Socrates killed? Socrates apparently wasn’t doing anything dangerous. He simply asked questions, spoke to anyone: with nobles, with common citizens, with young people. More here:

https://t.co/vUeN7utuLP

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Be a clay potter with your kids. They're sensitive, impressionable. Treat them with tender, loving care!

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ہمیں یہ معلوم کرنا چاہیے کہ ہم بھی اس انسانی لائبریری میں کیسے حصہ لے سکتے ہیں۔

ہو سکتا ہے ڈچ سفارت خانہ ہماری رہنمائی کر سکے۔

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Palestine kids A picture from heaven!

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From a barrel of #oil what you can get!

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80-yr-old cartoon that's still relevant...

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Pulling ear lobes --as used to be done in the desi(deshi) region --as punishment decades ago, is now called "super yoga"...!

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A unique sign board in #Urdu, outside a restroom in #Karachi

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Art of communicating in desi and pardesi language. Some foreigners in #ISB interact w/locals, and vice versa... "aik chai milega?"!

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Sri Lanka’s new leftist president marks departure from political family rule.

What Sri Lanka's new Marxist-leaning leader means for its economy
Link: https://t.co/LCDDhJsFej

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*جہانگیر*

*گوگل رکشہ والا*

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Being physically challenged doesn't matter...

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#GoodRead: How the Violence of Partition Forged National Identity in South Asia

"How did we become ‘#Indians’, ‘#Pakistanis’ and ‘#Bangladeshis’ after the two divisions of the subcontinent?"

https://t.co/9lHwtMpmL7

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A #Plato quote:

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A Poetry By Pablo Neruda:
And it was at that age… Poetry arrived
in search of me. I don’t know, I don’t know where
it came from, from winter or a river.
More here: https://t.co/jRQ0AY5U7K

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Shared by @IrshadSalim of @despardes : By this perspective (below) I'm a Rebel. Stopped watching TV in 2010. Don't keep TV at home since then. I miss History Channel and Natl. Geographics, and Discovery though...

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If you can't afford to hire/rent a chopper for a movie-making ride scene, try this! 😍

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Steely voice; Wheatish complexions; percussion tabla; ardent audience; crimson evening...and the song of course...

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Storytelling: Good one --about Seniors --when they were all young and then later when they meet again...

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How we react matters: a cool #animation