neweurasia’s Botur whips up some delicious Tajik Mastoba (with a lot of help from his long-suffering wife). Along the way he offers up some interesting tidbits about life as a Tajik expat in the United States and Tajik-American cultural exchanges in the form of the “Sister Cities” project.

neweurasia’s Botur Kosimi comments on a recent bill in the Tajikistan parliament that concerns the status and role of the Tajik language in the nation. “[For] anyone who thinks that the issue of language is not a priority in paving the way out from the current desperate situation the country is in right now, I can say that until we learn and master our language we will not be able ever to stand up, ask, and demand for our rights and choices in a civilized, organized, and effective manner.”

Editor’s note: neweurasia’s Botur Kosimi rails against the mistreatment of the internet in Tajikistan, as well as two recent murders.  An editorial cross-posted from his personal blog (TAJ).
Almost a week now that I can’t access …

The post-election protests in Iran bear important implications for other countries with similarly restrictive political systems, says Botur in this op-ed. It will be hard for Tajikistan to avoid similar unrest if policy change in a number of critical areas was not to materialise.