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Sep.11.2011 - 11:05 am
Ten years ago, I spent most of the September 11, scratching my head and trying to figure out how the assassination of the "Lion of Panjshir," Ahmad Shah Massoud would impact...
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Aug.09.2011 - 11:27 am
For the past three days, I have watched gangs of criminals run wild in the city that I have chosen for my home. Distressing reports of looting, arson, random violence have filled...
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Jun.15.2011 - 4:55 pm
Days after the Amina hoax came to light, and despite the reams of virtual ink wasted by the media on the story, I have found myself feeling furious each time I think of the way...
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May.07.2011 - 5:19 am
Some of you may already know that my father maintains a blog of his own, posting his memories and photos. Since Osama bin Laden's elimination, he has been posting on our days in...
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Comments from Sunny

Jun.19.2010 - 7:56 am
In response to: Writing Fantasy: A Secret Childhood Game
Sorry but don't think so. Sunny Singh www.sunnysingh.net
Jun.19.2010 - 7:42 am
In response to: Writing Fantasy: A Secret Childhood Game
Hi Julie, Thanks. And really flattered that you'd want to include it for your students. I keep my writing out of the...
Jun.19.2010 - 5:57 am
In response to: Writing Fantasy: A Secret Childhood Game
"I must read it again." = There is no greater compliment. Thank you. Sunny Singh www.sunnysingh.net
May.09.2010 - 2:39 pm
In response to: Are Women Ever Allowed to be Happy?
Agree about advertising stoking discontent and nurturing insecurities. Btw, what happens when you don't have Adam and...
May.09.2010 - 5:40 am
In response to: Are Women Ever Allowed to be Happy?
I think some of it is from the medicalisation of unhappiness. I know from experience that in Europe and especially US,...

Published Reviews

How They See Us: Meditations on America
Dec.30.2009
Published by San Francisco Chronicle
You can call it the revenge of Edward Said. His 1978 book, "Orientalism," was about how the West sees (and defines) the East. Sept. 11, 2001, flipped the direction of the lens....