Comments on: Saving Pakistan’s face https://forum.dawn.com/2012/02/27/saving-pakistan%e2%80%99s-face/ Fri, 02 Nov 2012 21:25:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.26 By: vinny https://forum.dawn.com/2012/02/27/saving-pakistan%e2%80%99s-face/comment-page-4/#comment-81610 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://forum.dawn.com/?p=1594#comment-81610 Why so much reaction to Vasan? Why is getting a certificate from India or Indians important to you guys? When will you learn to ignore and more on?

]]> By: Asif Ali https://forum.dawn.com/2012/02/27/saving-pakistan%e2%80%99s-face/comment-page-4/#comment-81604 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://forum.dawn.com/?p=1594#comment-81604 sharmeens a dual National . We must not forget that . As a proud Canadian I am proud of her . Why didn’t Dawn mention that . We can also say a Canadian got an oscar

]]> By: Naush https://forum.dawn.com/2012/02/27/saving-pakistan%e2%80%99s-face/comment-page-4/#comment-81599 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://forum.dawn.com/?p=1594#comment-81599 Hi Shahab, when people can not solve their own problems or are not willing to solve their problem, then victims have right to cry for help as loud as they can. How many people knew about it ?
I did because i like to read, how many others did?? Not many
Or they just ignore it.
If airing your dirty laundry is the only way out and bring a halt to atrocities or at least save one person life, then i say do it.
And you know western society boldly accepts their issues and air them in several movies and documentaries.
Pakistan is celebrating the award not misery of victims, its an award to courageous journalist and film maker who was bold enough to make a documentary about it. You are right we are strange nation, who dont know how to look at positive aspects, who can not recognize the good people, who would rather hide the issue and be happy instead of solving it and God forbid if someone comea forth and bring the issue to table we suspect them of having secondary gains.

]]> By: Saleh R https://forum.dawn.com/2012/02/27/saving-pakistan%e2%80%99s-face/comment-page-3/#comment-81595 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://forum.dawn.com/?p=1594#comment-81595 @ Surrayya (February 29, 2012 at 2:01 am)

It takes a lot of courage to write the way you did. I agree with your analysis … and being a woman’s perspective, makes it all the more realistic.

While I am happy for Sharmeen, it is well-known that some of the Nobel (peace) prizes, Oscars (for documentaries) are politically motivated.

]]> By: AHA https://forum.dawn.com/2012/02/27/saving-pakistan%e2%80%99s-face/comment-page-4/#comment-81594 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://forum.dawn.com/?p=1594#comment-81594 Truth always appeals to intellectual minds. It sells like hot cake with them.
Only people standing on weak grounds want to hide truth and suppress debates

]]> By: Ameer https://forum.dawn.com/2012/02/27/saving-pakistan%e2%80%99s-face/comment-page-4/#comment-81589 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://forum.dawn.com/?p=1594#comment-81589 Its really a good acheivement and she should be happy for it. Indians had a similar attitude toward slumdog …reality should be depicted as it is.

]]> By: vijay, chennai, India https://forum.dawn.com/2012/02/27/saving-pakistan%e2%80%99s-face/comment-page-4/#comment-81588 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://forum.dawn.com/?p=1594#comment-81588 Mr.Vasan
Your comments reek with jealousy.
Where ever shermeen studied or stays does not matter. what matters is the work she has done.
There are many Indians who stay in the west and have done marvellous work. Should we not be proud of them? Pray where did nobel laureate Dr. Hargovind khorana Chandrasekar etc studied? they studied in the west and remained in the west. Are we not proud of them? ISRO scientists who have studied here and stayed here to make rockets. Are we not prooud of them?
Sorry Mr.Vasan, I do not agree with your points.

]]> By: Shahab https://forum.dawn.com/2012/02/27/saving-pakistan%e2%80%99s-face/comment-page-4/#comment-81587 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://forum.dawn.com/?p=1594#comment-81587 Yes we have a lot of social evils in our society but is it right to flash it all over the world to achieve one’s personal ambitions and expect the whole country to celebrate. Not sure what we are being expected to celebrate. The despicable act of acid throwing, the plight of the victims or how someone has exploited this plight to achieve an Oscar. we are a strange nation. We even do not have the ability to realise what is good and what is bad for us. We have also regularly celebrated the overthrow of civilian governments and hanging of democratically elected leader. The West enjoys any opportunity of showing a bad image of Pakistan and here we are all celebrating our own disgrace, once again, though in a different form.

]]> By: J. Siddiqui https://forum.dawn.com/2012/02/27/saving-pakistan%e2%80%99s-face/comment-page-4/#comment-81584 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://forum.dawn.com/?p=1594#comment-81584 You hit the nail on the head!

There are two ways to get recognition. The long path of hard work and the short cut way. In the long path one works hard to act in, direct or produce a masterpiece film. In the short cut way you take your dirty laundry and wash in front of the international audience. The irony is in the apathy, as Ghalib said:

haiN kawabib kuch aur nazar Aa’tay haiN kuch

In this era of political correctness, she can be selected for an Oscar; but Edhi can never win a Nobel peace prize for serving humanity!

]]> By: kamaljit Singh https://forum.dawn.com/2012/02/27/saving-pakistan%e2%80%99s-face/comment-page-4/#comment-81571 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://forum.dawn.com/?p=1594#comment-81571 Khan ; She has done proud to the subcontinent . I am an Indian.

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