Tag "sarcasm"

Lt Gen KJ Singh, Mind Your Own Business!

Military officers around the world hold varied opinions on individuals, organizations and incidents which they take a particular interest in. It is natural for their views to come from a preset institutional perspective, often accompanied with bias and sharp criticism. But what happens when some of these senior commanders make controversial statements which do nothing except promote further misunderstandings and hate? We recently saw Britain’s Chief of Defence Staff General

The Menace Of Jingoism

The following is a seriously sarcastic or sarcastically serious op-ed in continuation of an earlier piece I wrote on August 30, 2015, “Is Pakistan Threatened By Its Own Inhabitants Too?” The Merriam Webster dictionary defines the term ‘jingoism’ as: “the feelings and beliefs of people who think that their country is always right and who are in favor of aggressive acts against other countries” Sound relatable? It should. Many citizens