Sunday 25 December 2011

Would federalism work in Afghanistan?

I am fascinated by federalism by many ways; it is a means which distributes the power and  finally power checks the power. Moreover, it gives the local governments the right to seek their own initiatives for responding the domestic problems rather central government which mostly is not as familiar as the local or state gobvernments to the given areas.
federalism is also a good mechanism for decentralization. In reference to Afghanistan, power is vested in the hand of a single ethnic with the justification that they are the majority, which is just a bluff to oust the other ethnicities from the ground. In addition, the single ethnicity rule is bound to this claim that Afghanistan is theirs and they are the real owner and the others have no right to live in this land. Both pretexts are absurd in our time. There is no absolute owner in any part of the world. Every nation is made up of several identities, even some countries are made by settlers or immigrants.
federalism can work for any country which is very diverse in identity. It helps to bring regional integration despite of differences in many ways. I would write more on applicabilities and challenges of federalism in Afghanistan.

Saturday 24 December 2011

A Glimpse on “The Emperor’s Writings”

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      Esmatullah Sahebdil
“The Emperor’s Writings” is a must-to-read book; for, it depicts a part of the Indian’s greatest Historical figure: Akbar the Great, an eminent part of the Great Moguls’ reign, their greatness, openness, wisdom, statecraft, governance, tolerance and genius.  This book is a window to look upon the vast, wealthy and prosperous empire of its age with the sovereign on the ocean to ocean, mountains to mountains and stretching from Himalayas to Hindu Kush, from Hindu Kush to Kithar Mountains of Bluchistan, from Sind to Gujrat Shores, from Deccan to Orissa and Bengal. It narrates the numerous breathtaking campaigns  of Akbar with many arrogant neighboring amirs who, oftentimes disturb him and he the son of The Tiger, The Iron and his Great Ancestor Changiz Khan the Great, kneels down them and force them to rub the dust by their foreheads and then opposite to the conventional customs of the time, make them his best allies and loyal soldiers instead of cutting their heads; for, he believes that finishing a victim means giving him honor and forgiving them means to show your greatness and superiority to them.