Arguably, world history as a whole amounts to the religious conversion that results at the end of it all. While in the Eastern world, the religious conversion is largely one that is constituted by a conversion from cosmopolitan mysticism to rural deobandism, the religious conversion in the Western world is constituted by a conversion from … Continue reading Fifth Note to “Nigara”
Fourth Note to “Nigara”
Moreover, the perks of an Afghan celebrity eventually ran into the civic and legal duties and obligations of an American-born citizen! I had to choose between influencing the world on behalf of my elite Afghan friends, or on behalf of my country of birth, which is America. And I chose my country of birth, namely, … Continue reading Fourth Note to “Nigara”
Third Note to “Nigara”
A circle of ambassadors, diplomats, presidential advisors, and ministers, but there is always a first among equals or primus inter pares, which is why it didn’t last very long. My grandmother’s father, who is of course my great-grandfather, was the Afghan equivalent of General Mountbatten. He was the General Mountbatten of the liberal period in … Continue reading Third Note to “Nigara”
Second Note to “Nigara”
My celebrity crush and I belonged to the same circle of ambassadors and diplomats and presidential advisors which I had to step out of in order to figure out what was really going on. And when I stepped out to figure out what was really going on, I found that when we in Washington started … Continue reading Second Note to “Nigara”
Note to “Nigara”
You can have a maximum of two or three celebrity crushes. It’s okay. No one is getting killed. We can make it a rule that the maximum is two or three.
Adam A. Azim 