Textbook Questions
Omar R Quraishi Jun 9, 2004 interacts: 168A huge furore has been created by some of the more conservative and obscurantist elements in society who seem very unhappy and believe that the
Problems with Co-Education
Hafsa Ahsan Jun 5, 2004 interacts: 32Many feminist movements have started an active campaign to get single-sex schools established in large numbers.
Second-hand? Yes. Second-best? No
Sunil K Poolani May 8, 2005 interacts: 6In a stretch of about two kilometres — on which educated, Shakespeare-quoting street vendors have hawked books for the past 20-30 years — around 200,000
Educational Apartheid
Adil Najam Feb 7, 1998 interacts: 19The type of social and economic segregation that defined the Brahmin as being superior to the untouchable Harajin may now be on the decline in
Cost of Questioning
Salman Baset Jan 9, 2005 interacts: 25Dr. Isa Daudpota was fired from his job recently after having pointed in his Spider and Chowk articles the affiliation of various Pakistani educational institutions
Tight-fisted Urban Development!
Abdus Samad Jul 13, 2004 interacts: 4We are looking for ways to accelerate growth so that poverty can be reduced and living standards improved. We go borrowing and begging to do
Eqbal Ahmed Lecture by Kofi Annan
Kofi Annan Sep 18, 1998 interacts: 11It is not everyday that a Pakistani is honoured by the UN Sec. Gen
More Cobwebs
Beena Sarwar Apr 18, 2004 interacts: 32As in other countries, textbooks in Pakistan too, should be written by professionals in order to expand and sharpen young minds – and not to
Rifts, Fissures, Cracks, Gaping Holes
Revathy Gopal Mar 20, 2006 interacts: 109The spate of visits to India by important and self-important men and women from all corners of the earth signifies something that only the very
Burqa Vaganza – A Satirical Backlash
Mohammad Gill May 2, 2007 interacts: 435Burqa Vaganza satirized by showing “modern youth in veil going out on dates and generally sneaking out of educational institutions, offices and homes for discreet
The IIT experience
nabendu debsharma Nov 24, 2006 interacts: 35You are surrounded by people who are very intelligent, very hard-working, very committed, and very competitive. It is a tough environment, and it is very
Why are Pakistanis so Foreign? It’s the Americans’ Fault!
Steve J Simske Mar 30, 1998 interacts: 34Imagine a nation with a GNP of $60 billion maintaining an army of nearly 600,000 with 500,000 reserves.
Taking the Lid off Sexual Fantasies
Khalid Sohail Apr 17, 2006 interacts: 144Over the years, as I listened to my patients’ fantasies, I found that most people behave in a way that is socially acceptable but in
How Would Gandhi Answer This Attack?
Udayakumar Sep 14, 2001 interacts: 94He would consider this as an attack on the whole of humanity, its civilization, freedom and development.
Why Teach a Language Properly?
Rizwana Khan Sep 1, 2005 interacts: 9It is easier to blame Urdu language for all the ails in every area of education in Pakistan. It fulfills our need for a scapegoat
Banish Those Teacher Blues
Shandana Minhas Sep 8, 2003 interacts: 22For several generations now, the people of my family have been educating others about the best way to do things. Some of them have been
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