chatted (debated is more like it) about their ideology, thier efforts, and how they hoped to sustain the movement. They talked about a lot of things ranging from the peace camp they've organized, to the recent protests about the Iraq war. Unfortunately their discussion had to be cut short as it was time to talk to the students. They wished each other good luck and briskly walked up to the library.

The library, much to their surprise was already packed with students eagerly waiting to listen to what they had to say. Ragni started the discussion with a bunch of definitions explaining 'globalisation' in the simplest possible way. She sat on the table, refused to use the microphone to make sure everyone in the room felt comfortable- as is characteristic of her. After the discussion started, there was no turning back. Ragni started off defining globalization, digressed to include the recent war on terrorism, Iraq, and a host of other things that all of us at YIP have issues with, in the dialogue. Time flew by and we didn't even notice. Next, came Sanaa who had to talk about the pros of globalization- it was difficult for her to do so without including economic terms, so we helped her along the way. Questions were asked left, right and centre, and we were quite impressed with the bunch of 8th graders at CAS, they were so keen to know more about globalization. The pros were stated and discussed quickly and the conversation moved back to Ragni who completely took apart Sanaa's arguments!

Ragni discussed colonization and the problems it has created, how globalization has damaged the agriculture in this part of the world, and the job (exploitation) of the international money lenders. With her statistics, Ragni threw most of the students off balance and I could notice wide eyes and shocked expressions on their faces. The children listened intently hanging onto every word that was spoken.

Then came our favorite part- the question and answer session where the debate suddenly swung in the direction of picketing and boycotting American goods. The YIP members have been picketing outside many franchise outlets throughout Karachi handing out flyers and telling them why they choose to avoid using these products. A lot of students raised questions that are frequently asked about what we are trying to achieve and how this would affect anyone. We talked about this at length and stated very clearly, that we are not anti-American, we are not attacking them as a people. It is their foreign policy that we are against and the only way to attack that, is to target their economy. By the end of it, we managed to convince the students to stop patronizing American outlets, instead eat at local places, and try to encourage people to set up domestic industry.
It was 11 o clock and the students rushed for break, some stayed behind to clear a few misconceptions they fostered about picketing, etc.
We would like to thank the administration at CAS for inviting us to talk to the students, everyone was absolutely wonderful! And most importantly we would like to thank Mr Iftikhar Zaidi for believing in us and thinking that we were good enough to hold a seminar at a school. Thank you sir!

Ragni, Sabah and Sanaa were invited to the CAS school to hold a talk about globalization and its effects on our part of the world. It was thier first ever seminar and honestly speaking, they were quite nervous about it, but all their uncertainties disappeared soon after they reached the campus. They were escorted to the principal's office around 9 o clock where they