Will the String Theory Tie Them All Together?

...It is a very strange research career, in a way. So far, I’ve spent something like 17 years working on a theory for which there

Nietzsche – the Overman and the Three Metamorphoses

The overman can only prevail when God (and the likes of him) is dead and when that age comes “which is to carry heroism into

'Constitutionally' Different Neighbours

The post independence political experience has been very different for the two nations. Pakistan has had up to eight major constitutional changes and martial law.

Has Higher Education Failed India?

The great Indian universities have become mafia rackets where the teachers are the great mafiosi holding the future of the youth and the country to

Taking the Lid off Sexual Fantasies

Over the years, as I listened to my patients’ fantasies, I found that most people behave in a way that is socially acceptable but in

Searching for Identity in Our Little Corner

Where is our Solar system located? What is our identity, no matter how inconsequential, with respect to the vast cosmic

Foreign Factor in our Higher Education

Our whole system of education is working in such a way to produce good high-tech workforce for European and American markets. Irony is we do

Eqbal Ahmed Lecture by Kofi Annan

It is not everyday that a Pakistani is honoured by the UN Sec. Gen

UC Berkley’s 19th South Asia Conference

The selective nature here becomes all the more important because out of all South Asian countries, it was certainly Pakistan that happened to be

Bald Angel

So manto despite being brash, outspoken, and intellectually honest and unihibited, did respect implicitly certain values, certain personalities, and certain traditions.

Remembering Allama Iqbal

He is regarded as the spiritual founder of the nation, although the purport of his message extends far beyond the boundaries of Pakistan. His message,

Teach Students to Think

We are forced to learn the dates Wars were fought by heart, but the reason why they started in the first place are never discussed.

Brahmin and Mullah

Hindu National Destiny and Indian National Destiny are not interchangeable terms.

Technical Education and Public Services

Rifts, Fissures, Cracks, Gaping Holes

The 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

Qualitative Education

By educating ourselves out of the Third World Mindtrap, we may not necessarily become wealthier nations,