Half Alive Again: An Evening At Zawia Dahmaani Nov 3, 2009
A piece from Tripoli, where there are tombs of soldiers from the subcontinent. Just as every country has a “Tomb of the Unknown Soldier” every country should have the “Tomb of the Unknown Worker”.
India's Primary Duty Nov 1, 2009
How can we get a society of adults to be accountable for the treatment of its youngest citizens?
Human Psyche...Soul or Mind? Oct 13, 2009
Since human body was mortal human beings believed in immortal soul and connected that belief with the belief of immortal and eternal God. In the last few centuries there has been a third model that is becoming more popular in the world. It is the secular
Bring Back Jagannath Azad’s Pakistan Anthem Sep 22, 2009
Jagannath Azad was working in Lahore when Mr Jinnah commissioned him for this task just three days before Independence. He complied, Mr Jinnah approved the lyrics, and the anthem went on air on Radio Pakistan Karachi the day Pakistan was born.
India’s Nuclear Fizzle Sep 4, 2009
Suspicion has now turned into confirmed fact: India’s hydrogen bomb test of May 1998 was not the fantastic success it was claimed to be.
A Letter to God Aug 23, 2009
Light of my heart, help me speak so that hearts can talk. Those hearts that wear a shield of iron around them, those hearts who dare not speak their truth, hearts who believe that there is no love for them...
A Thing of Beauty is Joy for Ever Jul 6, 2009
The beauty of mathematical formulation is such that it provides a solution to some existing problem yet at the same time it is capable of making prediction about some unknown phenomena as well.
Tense Day in Delhi with Pakistani Journalists Apr 15, 2009
4 guys shouting Pakistan Hai Hai, 6 random supporters variously demanding Freedom Of Speech, 10 Left Of Centre jholaas shrilling back for silence
Lashes to lashes, dust to dust Apr 7, 2009
The Taliban existed before the drone attacks began. They existed before 9/11 happened. They were dismembering dissidents and hanging their bodies from lamp posts, long before the word Predator entered our local lexicon.
Blow Daddy Feb 23, 2009
You seem to like wars, son.
Yes. I like to watch them on TV.
But real wars are fought outside the TV, son.
Really? How is that possible? What sort of a war is that?
Hail Obama Nov 12, 2008
Surely you, who are a veritable crossroads yourself, black, white, Muslim, Kenyan, Indonesian, American and under 50, you can see further than others have been able to.
A New Kind of Charity this Ramadan Sep 1, 2008
Being vigilant and demanding transparency is not optional but imperative. We must learn to treat our donations as investments in the future of Pakistan.
In the Company of Women Jun 27, 2006
For I knew that across the North American landscape, in large cities and small towns, there were others.
The Violent Face of South Asia Dec 7, 2005
All of South Asia is violent. Murder and mayhem may strike terror in the hearts of the few, but the great middle class will always have the final word
The Argumentative Amartya? Oct 25, 2005
He may have rejected “voodoo economics”, but he paid his taxes to America. Cambridge glorified his work because it did not have to live with the reality he spoke and continues to speak about. So, what do we preen about?
A Certain Age Oct 11, 2005
Everything one reads seems so dire. Endless implications for the fate of civilization and the way the world turns and is going to go in the next ten, twenty, fifty years.
Earthquake Relief Efforts Oct 10, 2005
The organizers told viewers that they had received enough clothing; what they needed now was medicine and volunteers to come help sort out the items.
The Alternative Muslim Identity Jun 19, 2005
We are not planning on going back home someday. We are home!
Lahore Diary Mar 11, 2005
Basant in Lahore, Cooco's Den, Gurudwara Dera Sahib, and Visa advise after a recent visit to Lahore
Talking to Sabiha Sumar about Khamosh Pani Feb 23, 2005
Anil Saari Arora talked to Sabiha Sumar at New Delhi, where the Pakistani filmmaker and her husband, producer S. Sathanandan, have presently set up base.
Of Rites and Rights: An Interview with Asma Jahangir Sep 23, 2003
'Vajpayee took the effort to come to Lahore and in some ways it was not such a good experience with the army turning their back on him and Jamaat Islami going and washing Minare Pakistan after he left.'
Great Empire or Grand Illusion? Jul 2, 2003
The world’s only superpower is turning into a banana republic
Flannelled Clucks Mar 9, 2003
Just take a look at the cricketers from the two teams. They showed us that it could be done.
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