Articles with tag: mani

An Hour at Datta Darbar

Bushra Zulfiqar Oct 4, 2009 interacts: 34

There were loud speaker warnings about the pick pockets and jewelery theft. The shrine which reflected the beauty and sacredness of God’s love suddenly became a classical reflection of all our social evils.

Uncomfortably Numb

MVJ Simon Sep 28, 2009 interacts: 3

I see with my eyes wide open
Yet I don’t see your suffering
I hear your cry of agony
It’s just another sound to me

Neruda and Faiz: Great Contemporary Poets

Ikramul Haq Jul 9, 2009 interacts: 12

One was honored with the Nobel Prize for Literature and the other with Lenin Peace Prize. Both Neruda and Faiz, like many others, notably Nazim Hikmet and Mahmoud Darwish, were essentially anti-colonialists and anti-imperialists.

Seven Reasons to Kill

Khalid Sohail Jun 5, 2009 interacts: 45

It is ironic that in the contemporary world, leaders of religious, spiritual and secular traditions claim that their ideologies and philosophies promote peace, but we see their followers continue to kill each other.

No Quarter For Half Wits Please

Shandana Minhas May 18, 2009 interacts: 7

Humanitarian disasters are bad because they kill people. Extremism is a menace because it kills people. Again I ask, why is there so much fuss about how we die and not how we live?

That emptiness, that nothingness, what lies beneath?

Thinking Storm Apr 3, 2009 interacts: 8

as we sit in large glass window living rooms in gated communities and mimic what we see on TV

Phantom Passengers

Azhar Ali Mar 7, 2009 interacts: 8

Some time ago I witnessed with horror how wantonly a 12 year old bus 'page-boy' was hit by the bus conductor for having negligently given the signal to move the bus prematurely.

Humanity at a Crossroads

Khalid Sohail Feb 2, 2009 interacts: 342

Humanity is passing through an adolescent phase as is at a crossroads. All of us have to make certain choices. We can choose the path of collective suicide or the path of peace and harmony.

Man And The Sun

Malik A Jamal Dec 16, 2008 interacts: 3

For these troubling times, a dialogue between the morning sun and a man on a mountain about what is the essence of a human being.

Islam as a political weapon in Pakistan

Mubarka Ahmad Dec 31, 2007 interacts: 473

Manipulative Politics through the Bhutto and Zia Regimes

Six Minutes

kashkin dabruski Nov 27, 2007 interacts: 4

The changing world,
Continuation of destruction
Through volcanoes and winds

Life on the Periphery in the Absence of Humanism

Syed Shah Aug 3, 2007 interacts: 5

While the clergy and the liberal intellectuals bicker, the million dollar question remains where all the moderates have gone...

Seven Causes of Human Suffering

Khalid Sohail Jul 24, 2007 interacts: 142

Rather than committing collective suicide and perishing as a species, I hope we grow to the next stage of human evolution and create a secular, humanistic and peaceful world.

Encounters With Depression

Khalid Sohail Jun 7, 2007 interacts: 48

Depression, like love, is probably one of the most misunderstood words of English language. It has been a mystery for lay people and professionals as it means different things to different people.

Daughters of Hajar

Mohammad Gill Jun 5, 2007 interacts: 1054

Hajar was Prophet Abraham’s wife and the mother of Ismael. Abraham took them to Mecca (at the site of the Masjad-al-Haram) and abandoned them there (at Allah’s command?). Identifying herself with Hajar, Asra chose to call her organization 'Dau

Search for the Missing in Action

B Waraich Jun 3, 2007 interacts: 66

A diary of the 14 day trip to Pakistan to search for MIA in Pakistani jails- an appeal for help.

Honored

Chowk Staff Mar 28, 2007 interacts: 24

Humanists honour psychiatrist and writer Dr. Khalid Sohail

My People!

Ahmer Muzammil Feb 8, 2007 interacts: 94

I am outraged because I care and I care because it’s my country and I care because it’s my people.

From Tribalism to Humanism

Khalid Sohail Jan 9, 2007 interacts: 163

Even in the 21st century many human beings still have a tribal mentality---all that has changed is the definition of the tribe and the nature of tribal war.

A Humanistic Approach Towards Mental Illness

Khalid Sohail Dec 8, 2006 interacts: 51

We need to see a day when people with mental illness can live respectfully and peacefully and do not fear to be persecuted and penalized because of their emotional problems.

South Asian Socialism

Musa Sami May 12, 2006 interacts: 256

Who in the world is lending Uncle Sam all that money?... When Pakistanis, or Indians for that matter, come and sell their souls to the West, they all too often forget the reality from which they have come

Are We The Most Racist Of Them All?

Rakesh Mani Feb 12, 2006 interacts: 164

We’re so racist that we have the heaviest biases within our tiniest microcosms. Even within our own race and our own country, we’re so fond of discriminating based on community or colour of skin

Urban India -- The NRI Viewpoint

Rakesh Mani Jan 3, 2006 interacts: 23

Perhaps this wave of westernization and erosion of culture and values is limited to a few, a solitary blond hair follicle in a jet black mane?

Gimme Eat??

Tehseen Baweja May 6, 2005 interacts: 13

Sometimes I think its just me over-reacting. Maybe I am taking on these things more seriously than they ought to be taken. But I cannot stop myself from thinking that even after thousands of years of eating, we are still damn hungry!

One Night in Romania

Zain Malik Mar 23, 2004 interacts: 38

True story of a Pakistani’s ordeal while backpacking in the hinterlands of Europe

Of Curiosity, Optimism and Hope

Zarine Habeeb Oct 13, 2003 interacts: 120

Whenever Indo-Pakistani matches would be played, it was incredibly curious that I, the cricket-hater was assumed to support the Pakistani team by several of my friends in Government Law College, Ernakulam, India.

Pervez Hoodbhoy-Paul Kurtz correspondence

Pervez Hoodbhoy Oct 13, 2003 interacts: 63

In a recent Wall Street Journal article, Edward Said was slandered by Ibn Warraq, a man with pretensions to being a secular humanist and the author of several books.

Bus Baby

Bina Shah Aug 12, 2003 interacts: 37

A poem for Noor Fatima

The Visitor - Part II

Quinton Zondervan May 24, 2003 interacts: 19

The Visitor returns to reveal more of his purpose

The Visitor

Quinton Zondervan Mar 28, 2003 interacts: 7

If aliens came to Earth, why would they come, and how?

Antarctica

Quinton Zondervan Jan 2, 2003 interacts: 7

Once again the world was engulfed in war. For what reasons no one knew, least of which the soldiers, for the reasons had been so contrived and ill supported that they were also soon forgotten.