Articles with tag: colonial
Women and the Process of Decolonization
Monica Nat Sep 2, 2009 interacts: 26Colonizers came to these lands for resources, cheap labor, and new markets. What they left behind were mutated societies trying to redefine themselves by shedding away colonialism.
The Other Wonders of Khanpur
Rakesh Mani Apr 3, 2009 interacts: 1Lately, we’ve seen a flurry of first-rate fiction as young Pakistani writers begin to confidently address turmoil and change in their societies in a refreshing, contemporary way.
In Search Of Manwel Dimech
Prashant Bhatt Jan 24, 2009 interacts: 2The Medieval Knights and stories of the siege make nice tourism, but what about the original inhabitants of this island nation, which has the oldest free standing structure known to mankind?
The Many Colors of Indian Corruption
Murad A Baig Jan 2, 2009 interacts: 94Unless the complex multi layered system of Government inherited from the British is simplified, corruption will continue to thrive.
In Search of Identity : Tribal Warriors
FM Shah Dec 14, 2008 interacts: 97We have to shed our colonial identity imposed on us and undertake a fresh challenge, an IDENTITY-altering venture that allow us to paint the happenings and experiences of our existence and our dreams.
Post Colonial English Language Writers
William Dalrymple Oct 16, 2008 interacts: 9Post Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist a whole raft of new Pakistani novels are due to appear, all of which have already caused considerable pre-publication stir.
Nirad Babu's Ghost
Prodyumna Goutam Jul 1, 2008 interacts: 9His (Nirad C. Chaudhuri's) discourse could effortlessly vacillate between, say, the role of the Kama sutra in the Indian psyche to the merits of a Chateau d'Yquem.
Relevance of English Studies in India
nilanshu agarwal Aug 20, 2007 interacts: 4The need of the hour is to decolonise our English Studies by judging English literary texts not by European critical tools, but by Indian critical theories.
Indian Exceptionalism: Colonial Stereotypes and Postcolonial Realities
Rohit Chopra Oct 25, 2007 interacts: 96Indian exceptionalism manifests itself as nationalist, chauvinist, and fundamentalist sentiment, often mingling unhealthily with other kinds of closed-minded imperatives.
The Future of Iraq
Bhaskar Dasgupta Jul 21, 2007 interacts: 37The future of Iraq is dicey, it will fly apart at the seam simply because it does not have a national ethos nor it has strong visionary men leading it.
Sanskritization, de-Sanskritization and Colonial Rule
Aparna Pande Apr 19, 2007 interacts: 103The British did not ‘invent’ the caste system but what they did do was to make it the primary basis of social classification.
Jab Mr. Singh Ko Gussa Charta Hai
J Bhullar Jul 25, 2005 interacts: 30On Mr. Manmohan Singh’s acceptance speech of the honorary degree at Oxford University on July 8, 2005.
From Jinnah to Jamali
Farrukh Khan May 2, 2004 interacts: 93Pakistan is not a failed state; the magnitude of our failure is much bigger than that. Pakistan is the name of a bankrupt culture that has been rotting since the fall of the Moghal Empire.
On the Miltary Farms, Okara
Rafay Alam Jul 3, 2003 interacts: 22The Government’s inaction in the face of the reported brutalities carried out by the Military authorities and Pakistan Rangers in forcing the tenants of the Military Farms, Okara to execute the new “cash rent” system is criminal.
Terror in Okara
Pervez Hoodbhoy May 23, 2003 interacts: 54Pakistan cannot bear the shock of nearly a million of its own people being dispossessed
On the Assertion of Rights
Rafay Alam May 9, 2003 interacts: 17Why Pakistan’s institutions are ass backwards
The Great Game for Central Asian Oil
Taimur Rahman Apr 5, 2003 interacts: 41The Imperialist Ring from Yugoslavia to Afghanistan
Excavating India
Farzana Versey Mar 13, 2003 interacts: 140I say, thank god for Babar, for the dear departed Mughal badshah has revealed how the purring cats are jumping on a hot tin roof.
USA and Muslims
Sameer Jan 9, 2003 interacts: 213Muslim extremists generally dislike non-Muslims and they hate various people at local level
A Work In Progress
Feroz R Khan Jan 6, 2003 interacts: 95Jinnah put Pakistan in such a location that the future state would always be involved in the geo-politics of world
Lessons from Constitutional History
Jawaid Siddiqi Oct 30, 2002 interacts: 54But we never seem to learn from history
Of Evil Zionists and the Great Satan
Asad Zaidi Jul 3, 2002 interacts: 271The impotent fury of the Muslim world
Of Violent Birth and Peaceful Death
Ali Hasan Cemendtaur May 19, 2002 interacts: 270I have a dream for South Asia
A Reason For Change
Feroz R Khan Jan 1, 2002 interacts: 21What is really interesting about Marianne Pearl’s interview with CNN is not what she said
The Clash Of Un-Civilizations And Osama-ism
Urstruly Nov 30, 2001 interacts: 481It is misleading to think and give an impression that these issues will just disappear if Osama is captured or killed today.
Jihad: Paradoxes and Defining Moments
Urstruly Sep 30, 2001 interacts: 731There will always be a lunatic fringe in the Muslim society
Reforming the Armed Forces
Mushahid Hussain Jun 10, 2001 interacts: 353Like any institution in a status quo society, the Armed Forces badly need reforms as well.
Indians and Pakistanis Must Start Anew
Udayakumar Jun 27, 2000 interacts: 228The richest resource on the earth can only be human resources
Pakistan: A Failed State?
Bilal Ahmad Feb 4, 2000 interacts: 470If Sethi’s diagnosis has some merit, Pakistan is a potentially failed state.
In Defence of Benevolent Dictators
Noor Ahmed Nov 22, 1999 interacts: 217More democracy ? More of the same ? No thanks
Save India
Veer Kumar Jul 27, 1999 interacts: 52A martial law administration has to take over the country
Nuclear powers can count too!
Mohammad A Syed May 13, 1999 interacts: 9Can we implement a new census at the dawn of the new millenium?
Need for a Confederation
Soumitra Bose Feb 21, 1999 interacts: 30India had never been a Nation, it is still not one
Giving Way to Intolerance
Mehdi Hasan Sep 14, 1998 interacts: 12During the last many years, religious intolerance and sectarian fanaticism have created a war-like situation in Pakistan
The Intellectual Imperative
Saad Shafqat Apr 24, 1998 interacts: 26As a people and a nation, Pakistan’s need for intellectual direction has never been greater. So where are the intellectuals?
Gender and Literacy in Pakistan
S Y Hussain Jan 3, 1998 interacts: 2By looking at agendas and practices of some organizations involved with women’s literacy in Pakistan this paper attempts to clarify ideas related to gender, assumed or consciously advocated in their various approaches.
Copyright: A Source of Revenue Generation
Nisar S Khara Jan 3, 1998 interacts: 3A discussion on the advantages of protecting intellectual property rights in Pakistan.
My Crimson Reality
Dervish Oct 24, 1997 interacts: 4In which the poet, in the best traditions of Meer, Dard, Ghalib, seems to prefer reality in an intoxicating red shade.
Death of the Raj: Subcontinent in the Third Millennium
Sohail Rabbani Oct 24, 1997 interacts: 17The second of two articles outlining a new definition of Pakistan and the Indian sub-continent. Ready your pens for aggressive interaction.
Almost Live in Concert
Musician Oct 24, 1997 interacts: 6It is important for us to understand more about DAT’s and Sequencers and how they work because paying $10 or more for a live performance where as only 10% of that is live, in my opinion, is making a fool out of people.
The Old Pakistan is Dead, Long Live New Pakistan
Sohail Rabbani Oct 23, 1997 interacts: 54On December 16, 1971 Pakistan ceased to exist during a well celebrated ceremony when Lieutenant General Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi and Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Arora signed an armistice document.
