Way of Life :: Parenting
Recent articles from the archives
The Psychology of Mothering
Khalid Sohail Apr 13, 2008It is interesting that as our culture is changing and many women are reluctant to take on motherly duties, more men are becoming motherly and nurturing.
Relevance of English Studies in India
nilanshu agarwal Aug 20, 2007The 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.
Computer Literated: Writing Preliterated?
Junaid Sadiq Dec 13, 2006What is the future of handwriting in a world when one in three children has a computer in the bedroom.
How Not to get Irritated with Hindi
V S Gopalakrishnan Nov 29, 2006Hindi has conquered India despite the Hindi zealots. Thanks mainly to the six hundred odd Hindi movies of generally unspeakable quality that emanate from Bollywood every year.
Men of Letters
Burpinder Singh Aug 4, 2006I used to think the three letter acronym (TLA) was a yuppie fixation. This opinion was reinforced by a cruel boss who for years mystified me by sending e-mails which read something like: “FYI & A. PFA your KPIs for rest of FY. YTD review dates T
American Ambivalence on National Language
Mohammad Gill Jun 24, 2006The American nation consists of immigrants from diverse countries. For fear of imposing any specific language and the associated culture on the diversity of the American population, the question of a national language is left in limbo
Language of Power: How it is getting more exclusive
Rizwana Khan Oct 1, 2005Cafes, restaurants, boutiques, designers, the media, in essence the whole socio-economic machinery identifies with the English-speaking world.
Why Teach a Language Properly?
Rizwana Khan Sep 1, 2005It is easier to blame Urdu language for all the ails in every area of education in Pakistan. It fulfills our need for a scapegoat that can be blamed for the total break up of the education system.
Linguistic Elitism
Anniqua Rana Apr 1, 2005From immigrants learning English to assimilate into the culture of the majority, to the millions of English speakers worldwide, who learn the language to compete in the world markets, the feeling toward the language is paradoxically both of resentment and
A Guide to the Street Language of Karachi
Syed Ali Mar 13, 2004Profanity.....We wouldnt be the same without it.
The Karachi Airport Ayatollah
Haroon Moghul Sep 3, 2003Pakistan will somehow and eventually explode the Earth
The Ghost of Urdu
Zafar Anjum Sep 1, 2003The truth is today’s market of languages, Urdu is a loser. People would rather learn French and Chinese and what not, guided by their economic needs. One must understand that cultural changes and economic changes are inter-linked.
The Blackboards
Jagmohan Chadha Jul 3, 2003Here is a bit of advice from some body who knows. Never be the middle child in the family if you can help it. Especially if your older sibling is the perfect son/daughter.
I’m With Stupid
Haroon Moghul Jul 3, 2003thought to myself, as I searched for the right kind of chocolate fudge cake, that I was now living in an ascendant empire, the most powerful country on earth and perhaps in all of human history. An empire!
Do it like the Dutchies Do
Raheel Khan Jun 15, 2003In this country you need a doctor’s prescription to buy tablets of paracetamol with codeine. However if you walk into any coffee shop in Amsterdam you can easily legally buy Marijuana!!!!
As the Bald Eagle Tries to Rule
Veeresh Malik Mar 21, 2003I knew some guys who hitch-hiked this route.
The New Jews
Bina Shah Mar 8, 2003In this world, where Muslims are the new Jews, where Pakistanis are terrorists, visa cheaters and total bastards, What am I?
Life with Wife
Nazar Khan Jan 22, 2003The only mysteries left in each other's anatomy are perhaps lungs and liver.
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