Regi Baloch December 10, 2010 at 2:38am Reply • Report


It is instinctive phenomenon of ours to follow that rumors which are published by press or narrated by any politician with intention to penetrate those materials in individual's mind which they want us to ruminate upon but lack of analytical power we mislay the reality among the proliferation of so called facts which are enough mingled for pushing us into labyrinth. As Baloch youths understand the purpose of Baloch National movement which is neither based upon religion nor sectarianism and have been trying to prove internationally the ground realities of Balochistan. Just connecting the Baloch cause with some suicide attacks and misnomer the struggling movements proved the psychological defeat of establishment. Strategy of establishment clearly reveals their tricks for replacing the war for freedom with religious war and objectives to ink down the movement for Baloch cause in the list of Talibans for diverting the attention of their masters from N.W.F.P. towards Balochistan.
The team of F.I.A. was already given the task by Rehman Malik for hammering the remaining nail on right place and they did after implementation of their investigation by declaring it a deliberated suicide attack. It is said that BULF accepted the responsibility for attack but also verified that it was not a suicide attack while called to Jang Office with Mobile. On other hand Lashkar-e-Jangvi claimed the responsibility too, but the situation of such dual uncertainty reminds me the martyrdom of Mulla Bakhsh Dashti case where the same trick was entrenched for dodging the people. As far as the attack on Raisani is concerned so it leads us to several sphere of conspiracy which couldn't be concealed by such a mere rumors, for that we have to unearth the reality and try to approach the conspiracy behind the scene. As we know Baloch's struggle is purely rooted in freedom and don't have any business with religious war and we strongly condemn and oppose any drone attack on territory of Balochistan because Balochs think that all the planning is being set for bringing diversity to Baloch Nation in the form of drone attacks for the sake of providing the breathing space for the Pokistani Talibans in N.W.F.P. that they recover and recuperate their lost power once again for creating turmoil in Afghanistan. That is called ''To kill two birds with one stone''.
(Its not important that you agree to the analytical view of writer thank you)

Beebark Kalmati December 31, 2010 at 12:36pm Reply • Report


A Baloch resistance organization called the Anjuman Ittehad Marri has been renamed as the Baloch National Voice and will now work at the international levels in addition to Balochistan, according to a news item in the Daily Tawar newspaper.

In its first statement, the Baloch National Voice called parliamentary politics a "cancer" for Balochistan and declared that it will have a one-point agenda of securing independence for Balochistan.

The B.N.V. said, "The kill-and-dump policy where Baloch activists are made victims of enforced disapperance and their bodies dumped in desolate places is at its height in Balochistan."

The new party said in this time of trial, there is a need for raising Baloch voice in an effective manner at all levels.

It is most likely the party will draw its spiritual inspiration from Baba-i-Azadi Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri, while his political heir apparent Hyrbyair Marri will be the main executive.

Hybyair Marri's wellwishers have long been asking him to launch a political party to carry on the work for an independent Balochistan.

Hyrbyair Marri is famed for his military-style discipline in political work.

The D.C.-based American Friends of Balochistan welcomed the launch of the new organization, adding that its formation was long overdue.

Beebark Kalmati January 6 at 1:45am Reply • Report


Two young Baloch activisits who dreamt about freedom of their homeland Balochistan in southwest Asia have been tortured and killed, the Balochi language Radio Gwank reported from Boros, Sweden.

The victims were identfied as Qamber Chakar Baloch and Ilyas Nazar Baloch. Their bodies were found in Pedark near Turbat.

Most victims of Pakistan torture are buried without autopsy though Pakistan's Military Intelligence, Inter-Services intelligence and Frontier Corps are accused of carrying out crimes against humanity in Balochistan. A request is pending with the International Committee for the Red Cross to dispatch doctors to Balochistan to conduct autopsies of the victims.

A response is awaited from the I.C.R.C., according to Baloch sources.

Qamber Chakar Baloch, 24, who was a member of the Central Committee of the Baloch Students Organization Azad, was abducted for a second time by "Pakistani fascist forces" on November 26, 2010 from Tump, according to the the student body. Ilyas Nazar Baloch, 26, who was a member BSO Azad in Quetta was abducted by "Pakistani fascist forces" on December 22, 2010.

The Balochistan National Movement has called for a three-day wheel-jam and shutterdown protest beginning from January 7, 2011.

The B.N.M. also plans to bring out a rally on January 10, 2011 in Karachi.

But for any rally to succeed in Karachi, a strike call has to come from the Muttahida Qaumi Movement. The M.Q.M. has not supported the Balochistan struggle for freedom nor even raised its voice against human rights violations there.

The American Friends of Balochistan has urged the U.S. Department of State to take serious notice of the Pakistani killings and cut off aid to Pakistan without delay if it is serious about winning the war on terror in the Afpak region.

It called upon the U.S. State Department and Pentagon to hold direct and unconditional talks with Baloch leaders for an independent Balochistan in stead of wasting U.S. taxpayers monies on Pakistan army and Inter-Services Intelligence agency.

Sangat Baloch January 9 at 4:52pm Reply • Report


بلوچ قوم کا ھمارشیہ بانک بلوچ
نوٹ:ھمارشیہ کا لفظ ارسطو نے اپنی کتاب
Poetics
میں استعمال کیا تھا جس کا مطلب انسان میں پاہی جانے
والی کوہی ایسی کمزوری یا غلطی جو بذات خو اس کے زوال یا ٹریجڈیکا سبب بنے

بلوچ قوم کا ھمارشیہ بانک بلوچ نوٹ:ھمارشیہ کا لفظ ارسطو نے اپنی کتابPoeticsمیں استعمال کیا تھا جس کا مطلب انسان میں پاہی جانے والی کوہی ایسی کمزوری یا غلطی جو بذات خو اس کے زوال یا ٹریجڈیکا سبب بنے

hamartia is the tragic flaw of the protagonist in a given tragedy

ٹرجیک فلاو، عام فہم میں کہیں تو وہ عناصر جو قوموں اور شخصیا ت کی زوال کا سبب بنتی ہیں بلوچ قوم کے ماضی اور حا ل پر نظر دوڑاہی جاہے،اور موجودہ حالات کا جاہزہ لیا جاہے تو کہی عناصر سامنےاتی ہیں، جو بلوچ قوم کی بے اتفْاقی کا سبب بنی ہیں اور ایسے میں مختلف ادوار میں دشمنو ن کو ہماری کمزوری سے فا ہد ہ اٹھانے کا موقع فراہم کرتی رہی ہیں۔ ان عناصر میں سے چند ایک مفاد پرستی ، حسد ، ضد ہین سر فہرست ھمارشیہ جو ہماری انفرادی اور اجتماعی tragedyکا سبب بن رہی ہے، انا پرستی ہے۔ کم و بیش ہماری پوری قوم نواب،سردا اور امرا سے لے کرغریب کسان،مزدور تک اس کمزوری کا شکار ہیں۔

انا پرستی ہم میں خودپرستی کا سبب بن رہی ہے۔ جہاں ہم اپنی ذات کو سب سے برتر سمجھتے ہیں اور ہماری انا دوسروں سے میل ملاپ کو تذلیل کے زمرے میں شمار کرتی ہے۔ ہم اپنی شناخت بحثیت بلوچ کھو کر اپنی شناخت اپنے قبیلے کے نام سے کرانا پسند کرتے ہیںاور اپنے قبیلے کو باقی تمام قبیلوں سے بالاتر سمجھتے ہیں۔ا یسے میں دوسرے قبیلوں کو کم تر سمجھتے ھوے ان کی کمتری کو ثابت کرنے کے لیے ان کی کمزوریوں کی تذلیل کی کوہی صورت ہاتھ سے نہیں جانے دیتے۔یہ خورپرستی اور خود فریبی ہمارے بیچ نفرت اور بےاتفاقی کا سبب بن کر ہمیں بٹوارے پر مجبور کر دیتی ہے جہاں ہم ایک گا وں میں رہتے ھوے خود ساختہ گلی اور محلے بنا کر ان پر اپنے قبیلے کے نام کی تختی اویزانکر کے خو د کو دوسر وں سے دور کر دیتے ہیں۔یہ خود پر ستی یا احسا س بر تری ہمیں نفرت اور بے اتفاقی کی ایسی دلد ل میں میں دھکیل دیتی ہے ، جس مین ہم نسل در نسل دبتے ہی چلے جا تے ہیں اور ہمارے دشمن ہما ری اس کمزوری سے فا ہد ہ اٹھا تےہوےہم پہ حکومت کےمزے لوٹ رہی ہے ۔ انگریزی مثل ہے کہ

divide and rule

تو دشمن کا کام تو ہم نے خود ہی آسان کر دیا۔

اسی مو ذی انا پرستی کا شکار بلوچ قو م کےسر پرست نواب، سردار اور ٹکری بھی ہیں، جو دوسرے قبیلوں کے ہم منصبوں سے بے جا تکلف روا رکھتے ہوہے بیچ کے موقع پرست لوگوں کو غلط فہمیا ں بڑ ھا نے کا مو قع فراہم کرتے ہیں۔ایک دوسرے سے مصافحےتک میں پہل کے قاہل نہیں کہ اسے یہ اپنی شان کے خلا ف سمجھتے ہیں۔ یوں دونوں طرف سے انا کی ان دیکھی بلند و بالا دیوار کھڑی ہوجاتی ہے ان میں سے ہر ایکاسی انتظار میں رہتا ہے کہ دوسرا جھکے اور انا کی دیوار پھلانگ کہ اس کی شان و شوکت کے بلند و بالا مینارپہ حاضری دے اور اس انتظار میں ماہ و سال بیت جاتے ہیں کہ دوسری جانب بھی تو اسی انا خاپجاری گو شہ نشیں ہے ۔قومیسر پرستوں کیاس انا پرستی کا خمیازہ پور قوم کو بھگتنا پڑھتا ہے۔جہاں موقع پرست دشمن ان کے بیچ غلط فہمی کو ہوا دیکر مختلف مساہل پیدا کردیتے ہیںانکی بےجا ضد ان مساہل کو مل بیٹھ کر صلح صفاہی سےحل کرنے کے بجاہے مذید مساہل کو جنم دیتی ہے،جو خون کی ہولی کھیلنے تک کا سبب بنتی ہیں ۔ہمارے قوم پرست بہمی جھگڑہں سے نکلیں تو بلوچ قوم کے وسیع تر مفاد میں اسے غلامی کی زنجیروں سے نکالنےکی کوہی صورت نکالیں۰(۔جس روز ان قومی سرپرستوں نے بلوچ قوم کی غلامی کو اپنی انا کا مسہلہ بنا لیا تو جلد بلوچ قوم پر آزادی کا سورج طلوع ہو گا

جہاں ہمارے سرپرست،انا کی پجاری ہیں توہمارے قوم پرست رہنما اور تنظیمیں بھی اپنی جھوٹی انا کی پرستش میں کسی سے پیچھے رہنے کو تیار نہیں۔قوم پرست رہنماوں اور تنظیموں میں یہ انا ،ناحق ضد کی صورت میں سامنے آتی ہے۔گو کہ تمام قوم پرستوں کا مشن آزادی ہے،اور یہ سب اسی ایک مشن کی تکمیل کے لیے جدوجہد کررہے ہیںلیکن ایک دوسرے سے الگ ہیں۔یہاں سوچنے کی بات یہ ہے کہ جب ان کا مشن ایک ہے تو وہ ایک ہوکر اس کی تکمیل کے لیے جدوجہد کیوں نہیں کرتےیہاں بھی یہی انا پرستی بے اتفاقی کا سبب بنتی ہے۔ ان قوم پرستوں میں سے ہر ایک اپنی الگ تنظیم بنا کےکام کر رہے ہیں جہاں ان کے آس پاس موجود لوگ ان کو پنا لیڈر مان کر ان کی لیڈری کے گن گاتے ہیں ایسے میں دوسری تنظیموں میں زم ہو کر ان کی الگ شناخت جو بصورت سربراہ کی ہے کہ ختم ہونے کا خطرہ ہے اوریہ گم نامی ان کی ذات کو گوارہ نہیں.

اگر محترم قاری اس تجزیے یا راہے سے اتفاق رکھتے ہوں کہ انا پرستی مصبیت میں گری بلوچ قوم کی پریشانیوں کے مختلف اسباب میں سے ایک سبب ہے (میری راہے میں مساہل کی جڑ ہے) تو کیوں نا اسے جڑ سے اکھاڑ کے پھینک دیں۔گو یہ عمل مشکل ہے لیکن ناممکن نہیں۔یہ انفرادی عمل ہماری اجتماعی زندگی میں کسی بڑی مثبت تبدیلی کا باعث بن سکتی ہے۔عملا اپنی جھوٹی انا کی پرستش اور تسکین کے خلاف باہمی میل ملاپ میں پہل اور دوسرے کی راہے کے احترام کو اپنی شان وشوکت میں کمی نہیں بلکہ بڑا پن سمجھیں تو دل و دماغ کی ہم آہنگی کی کوہی صورت ضرور نکلے گی ، اتفاق و اتحاد کی فضا قاہم ہو گی اور پھر ہمارے مساہل کو حل ۃوتے اور غلامی کی زنجیروں کو ٹوٹتے دیر نہیں لگے

Beebark Kalmati January 15 at 3:29pm Reply • Report


Throughout history Baloch nation have faced all sort of atrocity by the hands of Pakistani and Iranian occupying forces. Year 2010 saw a new surge in the aggressive killing of a nation who asks for its birthright to a nationhood which is guaranteed by UN charter and signature by the whole international community.

Massacre of Baloch by Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) in Karachi on January 7, 2010 sparked a series of protest all over Balochistan. Baloch marched in support of their brothers of Karachi in every major cities and towns.

Baloch Student Organization (BSO-Azaad) called for a peaceful demonstration in Khuzdar to express their anger against Pakistan’s planned genocide of Baloch living in Karachi. On January 15, 2010 students gathered at Degree College Khuzdar, activists of baloch National Front (BNF) also came and joined them to show their solidarity. As the protest rally departed from the college within few minutes it came under fire from all side. Pakistani army’s assault on the unprovoked peaceful rally was so brutal and severe it left behind many dead and injured.

Baloch activists rushed their fallen comrades to hospital. Two Baloch youth Ali Dost Baloch who worked in municipal’s office and Saddam Hussain Baloch a member of BSO – Azaad and a student of Residential College Khuzdar succumbed to their injuries and joined the martyrs of Baloch heroic struggle for liberation of motherland. Liaquat Ali Baloch, Zaffar Baloch, Inayat Baloch, Ghulaam Fareed Baloch and Nazeer Baloch were severely injured. Wounded were later shifted to Karachi for lack of medical facilities in Balochistan. Doctors in Karachi amputated Liaquat Ali Baloch’s leg from the knee to save his life.

Those who protested against the massacre were massacred to let know Baloch that Pakistan’s planned to “slow genocide” their nation will get vicious with every passing day. The message should be clear to all the Baloch nationalist forces and their leaders, verbal talk to unity can’t save the nation and its liberation movement. Sincere and serious effort can only bring a lasting unity that will take the nation final victory.

[Text via:Baloch Vanguards
http://www.balochjohd.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=346

Armin Baluch January 11 at 3:30am Reply • Report


Judiciary, Parliament Silent on Baloch Issues: Senator (R) Sanaullah Baloch. Every Baloch stakeholder to come closer for the higher cause of Baloch.

Former Senator Sanaullah Baloch is among several top Balcoh nationalist leaders who have fled Balochistan because of increasing targeted killings of Baloch leaders and political activists. A former secretary information of Balochistan National Party (BNP), Mr. Baloch is widely respected as an argumentative champion of Baloch national rights through newspaper articles, interviews and presentations at national and international conferences.

In an exclusive interview with Sanaullah Baloch, Viewpoint spoke about the Balochistan imbroglio and possibilities of rapprochement with Islamabad. Excerpts:

How would you evaluate year 2010 for Balochistan?

The situation in Balochistan has been disconcerting since 2001. But the last three years have been very painful for Balochistan’s politics, economy and society. Violation of human rights has reached its nadir in the province. The year 2010 was the darkest and the worst year of the outgoing decade for Balochistan because more political workers went missing and were subsequently killed. Federal security forces converted Balochistan into a semi-cantonment and curtailed all basic human liberties and rights.

Who is responsible for this situation, Islamabad or Quetta?

Actually, the onus lies on the federal government. I would specially hold the Establishment, which comprises of the military, bureaucracy and policymakers, responsible for maintaining a pugnacious approach towards Balochistan. Their policy is not much different from colonial policies. They want to control Balochistan politically, economically and socially.

In order to control the society and politics of Balochistan, Islamabad has unleashed a policy of divide and rule under which it is pampering some pro-Establishment sardars, nawabs and criminal groups. The prevailing state of poverty, lawlessness, anarchy and disappointment is in fact the fallout of federal government’s deliberate policy of negligence and suppression.

No doubt, successive provincial governments are equally responsible for these wrongdoings but you have to understand that their role has not been more than that of pawns in the control of the Establishment.

What do you think were the reasons for the failure of the Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan Package which the government initially claimed was intended to improve the conditions in Balochistan?

When the Balochistan Package was prepared, it was one-sided. The process of conflict resolution or management does not succeed until all players of a conflict are taken into confidence. The package was only meant to fool the international community and the regional powers which want the stability of the region by telling them that Islamabad was seriously working for the Balochistan conflict’s resolution.

Political conflicts mainly originate from social and economic deprivation. The main cause of unrest in Balochistan since 1947 is the political oppression and people’s deprivation. The province is economically controlled and a special security apparatus rules the province. The official narrative is that they want to develop Balochistan but the Baloch do not accept their model of development. Therefore, they justify the use of brute force against the Balochs.

In fact, the Balochistan Package was flawed and replete with defects. Significantly, Baloch nationalists, who are the real actors of the conflict, were not a part of the package. Nowhere in the world does conflict resolution take place in the absence of facilitators and guarantors.

One of the apparent reasons for the exclusion of the nationalists in the decision-making process was your absence from the existing parliamentary structure. Do you now realize that boycotting the general elections was a blunder the nationalists committed? Would the negotiation process succeed if the nationalists had contested the polls?

We are democratic people and want to utilize all forms of political struggle. Unfortunately, circumstances in 2008 were so adverse in Balochistan that it was not possible for the nationalists to participate in the general elections. While some Baloch leaders had been killed, the others, such as our party president Sardar Akhtar Mengal, were imprisoned. We were all forced to live in exile. Thousands of cases were registered against our political activists while the senior ones were on the government’s hit-list. How could we contest elections when harsh circumstances did not permit us field candidates, run election campaigns and mobilize public support?

The same situation still exists in Balochistan. The federal government has deliberately continued this undemocratic policy so that the genuine Baloch representatives are kept away from the electoral process and assemblies where key decisions are made. If the current situation of insecurity and oppression continues, perhaps we will not participate in future elections either.

Some people believe moderate nationalist parties like your BNP and the National Party are finding it hard to continue parliamentary politics because of the internal polarization within the Baloch society where the armed groups, headed by the disillusioned youth, are hostile toward parliamentary politics. Is it really a reason for BNP’s escape from elections and parliamentary process?

Well, there is difference of opinion (among the nationalists) on some matters. The Balochistan National Party purely believes in democratic struggle. We have never approved of resolving problems on gunpoint. We have criticized Islamabad for the same reason because it has endeavored to usurp Balochistan’s resources and rule it on gunpoint. We morally backed people who defended themselves. However, we discouraged the new trend of excessively applying violence to resolve political issues.

It is better for politics to control guns not for guns to control politics. This is one issue on which we have a difference of opinion with the armed groups operating in Balochistan. However, I believe we are all political forces and must respect each other’s right to have a different opinion and approach on various issues.

Therefore, the Baloch political parties and armed groups must respect each other’s approaches. I do not think if the armed groups have created any problems for us so far. We predominantly hold Islamabad responsible for distancing us from the political process.

Currently, all top Baloch nationalist leaders such as Sardar Akhtar Mengal, Khan of Kalat Mir Suleman Dawood, Nawabzada Hairbayar Marri, Nawabzada Bramdagh Bugti and yourself are all out of Balochistan. Are you people in touch with each other from outside the country to plan to return to Balochistan to fix the issue?

Balochistan is our motherland. Our all political struggle, similar to our senior leaders, is dedicated to Balochistan’s well being and prosperity. Life in exile is a painful one. Nobody wants to live away from one’s own people at the time of happiness or sadness. We all Baloch leaders collectively share this anguish of being forced to stay away from our own people and the politics of Balochistan.

As far as contacts between different nationalist leaders are concerned, we are all living in different places in hard conditions. It is not always easy to remain in touch with each other. Nonetheless, it does not mean that there are differences among us. We largely agree upon most issues faced by Balochistan. The BNP has always taken the initiative to unite the Balochs and we will continue our efforts to bring the Baloch leaders closer to each other on issues that we agree upon.

Last year, your party’s secretary general Habib Jalib Baloch was killed while at the end of the year the provincial president of the Jamori Watan Party (JWP) Shahzain Bugti has been arrested. How do the murders and arrests of Baloch leaders derail the peace process, if there is any, in Balochistan?

Islamabad treats our people like cattle even if they are an ordinary shepherd or a tribal chief. We are against such maltreatment of the Baloch people.

When the operation against Nawab Bugti was launched, the federal government leveled similar baseless allegations against the Baloch leaders.

There are nearly three hundred and fifty arms manufacturing factories in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). The government endorses, encourages and legalizes those factories by recognizing them as the source of income for the tribal people. In Balochistan, the tribes and their chiefs are disrespected by the forces, an attitude which is intolerable and unacceptable to us. Regardless of our differences with certain political figures, we believe they must not be disrespected and mistreated.

The killings of our political leaders like Habib Jalib Baloch, Maula Baksh Dashti (a central committee member of the National Party and a former district Nazim of Turbat district) and Nooruddin Mengal ( a central committee member of the BNP) were in fact great losses for us as we badly needed them among us at this critical juncture. Today, no Baloch activist, leader or intellectual is safe.


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Regi Baloch January 21 at 7:02am Reply • Report

To the neighboring Pushtun tribes, who live in fertile riverside valleys, Baluchistan is "the dump where Allah shot the rubbish of creation. But for the Baluch, their sense of identity is closely linked to the austere land where they have lived for at least a thousand years. According to the Daptar Sha'ar {Chronicle of Genealogies), an ancient ballad popular among all seventeen major Baluch tribes, the Baluch and the Kurds were kindred branches of a tribe that migrated eastwards from Aleppo, in what now is Syria, shortly before the time of Christ in search of fresh pastureland and water sources. One school nationalist historians attempts to link this tribe ethnically with the Semitic Chaldean rulers of Babylon, another with the early Arabs, still others with Aryan tribes originally from Asia Minor. In any case, there is agreement among these historians that the Kurds headed toward Iraq, Turkey, and northwest Persia, while the Baluch moved In to the coastal areas along the southern shores of the Caspian sea, later migrating into what are now Iranian Baluchistan and Pakistani Baluchistan between the sixth and fourteenth centuries.

Western historians dismiss the Daptar Sha'ar as nothing more than myth and legend, totally unsubstantiated by verifiable evidence, and it remains for future scholars to probe into the murky origins of the Baluch. These legends are cited here not because they have serious historiographical value but because they are widely believed and are thus politically important today. For the most part, Aleppo is a unifying symbol of a common identity in the historical memories shared by all Baluch. In recent years, however, Arab attempts to attribute Arab ethnic origins to the Baluch have become a divisive factor in the nationalist movement.

Whatever the authenticity of the Aleppo legends, scholars in Baluchistan and in the West generally agree that the Baluch were living along the southern shores of the Caspian at the time of Christ. This consensus is based largely on linguistic evidence showing that the Baluchi language is descended from a lost language linked with the Parthian or Median civilizations, which flourished in the Caspian and adjacent areas in the pre-Christian era. As one of the oldest living languages, Baluchi is a subject of endless fascination and controversy for linguists. It is classified as a member of the Iranian group of the Indo-European language family, which includes Farsi (Persian), Pushtu, Baluchi, and Kurdish. Baluchi is closely related to only one of the members of the Iranian group; Kurdish. In its modern form, it has incorporated borrowings from Persian, Sindhi, Arabic, and other languages, nonetheless retaining striking peculiarities that can be traced back to its pre-Christian origins. Until150 years ago, the Baluch, like most nomadic societies, did not have a recorded literature. Initially, Baluch savants used the Persian and Urdu scripts to render Baluchi in written form. In recent decades, Baluch nationalist intellectuals have evolved a Baluchi script known as Nastaliq, a variant of the Arabic script.

Ethnically, the Baluch are no longer homogeneous, since the original nucleus that migrated from the Caspian has absorbed a variety of disparate groups along the way. Among these "new" Baluch were displaced tribes from Central Asia, driven southward by the Turkish and Mongol invasions from the tenth through the thirteenth centuries, and fugitive Arab factions defeated in intra-Arab warfare. Nevertheless, in cultural terms, the Baluch have been remarkably successful in preserving a distinctive identity in the face of continual pressures from strong cultures in neighboring areas. Despite the isolation of the scattered pastoral communities in Baluchistan, the Baluchi language and a relatively uniform Baluch folklore tradition and value system have provided a common denominator for the diverse Baluch tribal groupings scattered over the vast area from the Indus River in the east to the Iranian province of Kerman in the west. To a great extent, it is the vitality of this ancient cultural heritage that explains the tenacity of the present demand for the political recognition of Baluch identity. But the strength of Baluch nationalism is also rooted in proud historical memories of determined resistance against the would-be conquerors who perennially attempted, without success, to annex all or part of Baluchistan to their adjacent empires.

Reliving their past endlessly in books, magazines, and folk ballads, the Baluch accentuate the positive. They revel in the gory details of ancient battles against Persians, Turks, Arabs, Tartars, Hindus, and other adversaries, focusing on how valiantly their generals fought rather than on whether the Baluch won or lost. They point to the heroes who struggled to throw off the yoke of more powerful oppressors and minimize the role of the quislings who sold out the Baluch cause. Above all, they seek to magnify the achievements of their more successful rulers, contending that the Baluch were on the verge of consolidating political unity when the British arrived on the scene and applied their policy of divide and rule. This claim is difficult to sustain with much certainty on the basis of the available evidence. Nevertheless, the Baluch did make several significant attempts to draw together politically, and their failure to establish an enduring polity in past centuries does not prove that they would fail under the very different circumstances prevailing today. As Baluch writers argue, given the technologies of modern transportation and communication, the contemporary Baluch nationalist has new opportunities for cementing Baluch political unity that were not open to his forebears.

From the book
In Afghanistan’s Shadow:
Baloch Nationalism and Soviet Temptations
By Selig S. Harrison

I recently did something that I have been wanting to do for a long time. I took my mother's wedding set and a pair of diamond stud earrings to a local jewelry store and am having them reset into something I can wear. I am so excited about this process. Not only will I have very special pieces from my mother to wear, but I am having them restyled at a jewelry store where she went many, many years ago to have a piece redone from her grandmother. In a way, it is like a tradition.

OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD:
From the cleansing of the soul comes...
The power of Persuasion?
Alot of realities realised. Alot of thoughts being thought and...
Rejected. My brain processes aren't like most, yet they are as basic as anyone else. I'd guess you'd call them unique or more than a tste for the bland. In the end, everything has been done before.
Had I lived thousands upon thousands of years, I'd be a prophet. You'd turn an ear, you'd be apt to have your ears stand on end, let alone the end of your hairstrands...
You know what I mean now.
I found the great unreleased Adam Ant album around the same time as I lost my mind and pride I thought was unloseable. Funny, I know, right?
Have I lost my creativity? Let me know if you've seen it.
To have the world at your feet is to expect to end up at that very spot.
If you think this is a wrestling match with my faith, you are sorely wrong and should exit stage left immediately.
It is more an understanding of my current place and station in life, yet a yearning for more. To break out and strike it rich...
For the last couple of years at least I've been confusing downtroddeness with fury over mein own complacency.
What the fuck is wrong with me?
I will figure this out, fix it, and show you the results. I'm so mad at myself right now. I meant good always, yet lost touch/faith in myself.
Things that I promise to myself:
I will stop killing my future.
I will slow the fuck down.
I will look people in the eye and kill them... metaphorically.
I will learn to shut my bitch ass mouth.

In the end, I'm well liked because I am brutally honest, even to myself. Am I alone? Probably not, but it will be squeezed out of you. It will be dashed upon the rocks of reason and reality. Trust me, I was once like, maybe even a little more ready to leap...
Never leapt, I am too scared to reveal myself to the likes of anyone that could ever hurt me with the knowledge they possess. Cryptic fucker, ain't I?
I reach out my hand, do you take it?
Do you cringe, or make a fatal mistake?
Do you glow, do you glitter?
Do you have that new car smell?
Like a bull in a China shop...

Author: Mary Jenkins

It is possible to fall in love with your best friend. However, knowing the difference between being too comfortable with a person and being in love can be confusing. Aside from that, the possibility of screwing up your friendship is also inevitable. Before admitting or denying anything, here's a checklist to determine if you're in love or not with your best friend.

In order for you to know how you really feel, you have to look inside you and understand what you really want. If you notice that you are being too concerned and protective with a really close friend, chances are, you have fallen in love. In addition, if you always thrive to keep your best buddy happy, then that means you really have something special for that person.

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Check your trust level towards your long-time friend. If he or she is the person you run to if you have problems or share the good news you just received, then this simply means that you trust him with all your life and you trust him above anyone else that you know. If this is the case, then the person you considered your best friend is not just a best friend to you.

These are some of the things you can check and assess for you to know if you have fallen in love with your best bud. If you are still having doubts, you can search the internet for some tips and love quizzes to help convince yourself more.

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