For India, Kashmir lends credibility to its secular nationalist image.

The much-lauded parliamentary democracy in India has been unable to protect a genuine democratic set-up in Kashmir.

For Pakistan, Kashmir represents the infeasibility of secular nationalism and underscores the need for an Islamic theocracy in the subcontinent.

The increasing communalization of Indian politics is a juggernaut that annihilates the myth of secularism in India.

The rhetoric of hate and binarisms pervades the politics of the "Third-World" and of the West.

In establishment Indian and Pakistani thought, Kashmiris are defined as different from the nationals of the two countries.

Holy communication, Holy life.

Adventure is my middle name.

We're a complacent society, hard to get riled up in the first place, and then when we do, it's misdirected.

Well - when I write my book, and tell the tale Of my adventures - all these little stars That shake out of my cloak - I must save those To use for asterisks.

We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for ours to amuse them...

In the continuing debate over the morality of enhanced interrogation, an essential consideration is often overlooked: intent.

Do everything as if He were dwelling in us. Thus we shall be His temples and He will be within us as our God - as He actually is.

We sort of quickly realized every rhythm, Opetaia [Foa'i] takes the lead.

The most breathtaking thing about being in space is actually looking back at the Earth.

But hushed be every thought that springs From out the bitterness of things.