Rahul Gandhi Marrying Afghan Princess?

[RevolutionThroughReason]

Also Third-Anglo-Afghan War:


Afghan forces achieved success in the initial days of the war, taking the British and Indians by surprise in two main thrusts as the Afghan regular army was joined by large numbers of Pashtun tribesmen from both sides of the border.

You're talking about battles with Sepoys that never went as deep as India Proper, but rather Annexes of the British Raj, which was more or less Pashtun inhabited territory.

[randolph85]

man, that whole family is worthless.

no offense to any family members here lol but you know what i mean.

[BarakzaiAbdali]

man, that whole family is worthless.

no offense to any family members here lol but you know what i mean.

Exactly; Robert Fisk wrote the only honest obituary of the man, as opposed to the other media outlets that tried their best to depict him as some Arthurian "once and future" King.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/ne...-13461832.html

"But Zahir was essentially disinterested in this much-trumpeted democracy and the moment that his courtiers warned him that a party system would prove a threat to the monarchy, he refused to sign the new party legislation into law – even though it had been passed by the new parliament. Parties were closed down. So were the newspapers. He created democracy – and then he destroyed it."

"But there was another Zahir Shah, who liked to "unveil" women in a far less liberating way. In his early years as king – when he was a mere boy by Asian standards – his two uncles, who effectively ruled the country, supplied him with a driver and a black Chevrolet. The job of "the man in the black Chevrolet" – as he was known in the streets of Kabul – was to tour the colleges of Kabul and choose the most desirable girls for the king's bed. The Afghans has a word for their pleasure-loving king – " ayoshi" – which roughly translates as "having a good time" . "Ayoshi" is not a polite word. Even so, in a country whose kings were alost all cruel – Amanullah, the reformist Shah was an exception – Zahir was a peaceful man. He did not want to involve himself in politics; indeed, he had no interest in political life. He was an artist who loved paintings and books. He was actually taking a mud bath in Italy when his cousin Daoud – a highly ambitious prime minister who adored politics – staged his bloodless coup d'etat in 1973.

If the news report is true, its not as if the fruit fell far from the tree trunk.

[NokiaWnW]

Look at Delhi


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durrani_Empire

Third Battle of Panipat

in this battles my province was leading the fighters to capture those parts.

''capture'' lol still dreaming? ''Your'' province was a Persian/ized dynasty loool

[Shah-i-Kot]

''capture'' lol still dreaming? ''Your'' province was a Persian/ized dynasty loool

Persianized dynasty? How is a province a persianised dynasty?

Where do you get these ahistorical versions of history from that completely contradict all the facts?

[Shah-i-Kot]

Exactly; Robert Fisk wrote the only honest obituary of the man, as opposed to the other media outlets that tried their best to depict him as some Arthurian "once and future" King.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/ne...-13461832.html

"But Zahir was essentially disinterested in this much-trumpeted democracy and the moment that his courtiers warned him that a party system would prove a threat to the monarchy, he refused to sign the new party legislation into law – even though it had been passed by the new parliament. Parties were closed down. So were the newspapers. He created democracy – and then he destroyed it."

"But there was another Zahir Shah, who liked to "unveil" women in a far less liberating way. In his early years as king – when he was a mere boy by Asian standards – his two uncles, who effectively ruled the country, supplied him with a driver and a black Chevrolet. The job of "the man in the black Chevrolet" – as he was known in the streets of Kabul – was to tour the colleges of Kabul and choose the most desirable girls for the king's bed. The Afghans has a word for their pleasure-loving king – " ayoshi" – which roughly translates as "having a good time" . "Ayoshi" is not a polite word. Even so, in a country whose kings were alost all cruel – Amanullah, the reformist Shah was an exception – Zahir was a peaceful man. He did not want to involve himself in politics; indeed, he had no interest in political life. He was an artist who loved paintings and books. He was actually taking a mud bath in Italy when his cousin Daoud – a highly ambitious prime minister who adored politics – staged his bloodless coup d'etat in 1973.

If the news report is true, its not as if the fruit fell far from the tree trunk.

Where was Zahir Shah able to pick random girls up, and not incur the wrath of their families?

[R3SISTANC3]

Rahul Gandhi, widely seen as India’s future prime minister, may be "seriously involved" with a grand-daughter of the late Mohamed Zahir Shah, the hereditary King of Afghanistan, a local Sunday newspaper claimed today.

The Sunday Guardian said the Afghan expat community is a-twitter with this news. The young lady has not been identified by name.

"The charming Afghan princess is even reported to be a converted Christian," the weekly said.

Some informants speak of the pair "praying together on Sundays" in what they describe as a "home chapel" at the residence of Rahul’s mother Sonia Gandhi here, it added.

Rahul Gandhi, who turned 43 last week, is a bachelor. Media reports in the past have linked him with more than one foreign girlfriend.

A fourth generation scion of the Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty, he is an elected member of the Lok Sabha, Parliament’s lower house, and a general secretary of the Congress Party, which leads the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA).

The Sunday Guardian said: "The two [Rahul and the Afghan princess] have reportedly been seen together in the Aman Hotel in Delhi, which is known to be a regular haunt of the future PM, who spends hours there in the Fitness Center, trying to develop biceps that can challenge those of Shah Rukh Khan and Robert Vadra.

"The young lady from the Afghan royal family is known to be very well brought up, with a gentle mien and a generous nature. Hence, Rahul’s buddies hope that, this time around the future PM will not walk away from a lady friend [as he has on numerous occasions in the past], but will follow the example of Papa Rajiv [Gandhi] when he married Mamma Sonia in 1965."

The weekly went on: "The personable lady could emerge as a key asset for Rahul Gandhi as he seeks to win a fresh mandate for his battered party in 2014. She has undeniable appeal to the upwardly mobile youth vote."

The princess’s grandfather Zahir Shah had reigned for four decades from 1933 until he was dethroned in a coup in 1973 by his own cousin Mohammed Daud Khan. The king abdicated and went to Italy to live in exile. He returned to Kabul in 2002, and was given the title of Father of the Nation. He passed away in 2007 at the age of 93.

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/06/26/rahul-gandhi-involved-with-afghan-princess.html

[R3SISTANC3]

"The charming Afghan princess is even reported to be a converted Christian," the weekly said.

....well that argument that he'd accept Islam just went down the toilet.

[JAMALUDEEN]

who cares.. its her life..

i didnt even know she existed..until now..

[RevolutionThroughReason]

who cares.. its her life..

i didnt even know she existed..until now..

who knows if she actually exists; these Hindustanis have this weird "see we're moving up in the world" psychology; the idea of capturing an Afghan girl is the type of social redemption they need; sort of like when a black man marries a blond germanic woman.

[faye]

is it not possible to find any positive articles about muslim women? this reminds me of a 'winifreds gossip column'.

[JAMALUDEEN]

who knows if she actually exists; these Hindustanis have this weird "see we're moving up in the world" psychology; the idea of capturing an Afghan girl is the type of social redemption they need; sort of like when a black man marries a blond germanic woman.

Indians will grab on anything to look white!

[JAMALUDEEN]

is it not possible to find any positive articles about muslim women? this reminds me of a 'winifreds gossip column'.

she is not muslim..

just so you know..

it states it in the article..

[Hakim Khan Urgonai]

Indians will grab on anything to look white!

Jamala, chere wrak swe?

Yes, that is true.

The other day I saw an informercial for "GLO Skin Whitening System" on an Indian channel.
Nothing new, but this particular one went so far as to justify changing one's skin tone because "Indians are born light-skined, but external factors like the sun and dirt make us brown" and then they showed the fake story of a travelling salesman who got promoted to manager becuase he use this product to look White and more people let him in their house. Foolishness.

[faye]

positive something about ANY woman, then.