by onefinalblog | Uncategorized
Today is September 11. A day to mourn. And a day to reflect. Seventeen years ago, on this day, we went through one of the most horrible terrorist acts in the history of human civilization. My family and I went through the experience, where we were disconnected for a...
by masterkong | Politics & Economics
Photo Courtesy: Daily Express (one time, academic, non-profit use) An Islamist fanatic yesterday drove his van, and ran over eight innocent people to death, in broad daylight in Manhattan. It happened close to where terrorists blew up Twin Towers on September 11,...
by masterkong | Uncategorized
Not that fifteen years of 9/11 is anything different from fourteen years, or sixteen. It is just a number. For those who lost their loved ones on that fateful day here in New York, their pain and sorrow will remain exactly the same. We — those who were lucky not...
by masterkong | Uncategorized
Photo Courtesy: thereligionplanet.com (One-time, non-profit, educational use) Today is Eid al-Fitr. In Bengali, we pronounce it Eedulfitor. The monthlong fast of Ramadan just ended. Of course, we Bengalis call Ramadan Romjan. Ha ha: we and our flat-tongue...
by masterkong | Uncategorized
I remember 9/11. I pay my tribute to the fallen.I remember the terror. I remember the tragedies. I remember the hopelessness we saw that day. I remember how politicians and powerful Americans nakedly exploited the tragedy, and unleashed global violence.I also remember...
