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

Patients, Doctors and Academic Medicine

Patients have had a fundamental role in the crusade and will carry on contributing. Is that satisfactory? Without lashing away at predetermined and rigid concepts

World View and Expectations from Pakistani Universities

'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.

The Clash of Samuel Huntington and Amartya Sen

At first glance and without going into the arguments, it is fairly easy to perceive that both Huntington’s and Sen’s opposing positions are at different

Dispatches On War (Part IX)

As Napoleon was busy consolidating his power in France, and in Europe, he was mindful of British influence and was determined to end it. He

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

Listening to the Cries of Baby Stars

The snapshot of baby stars can reveal past secrets as well as predict the future course of a galaxy. By

Western Sitcoms: A Reflection of Our Society?

Our society does not encourage individualism or the ‘Friends’ or 'Sex and the City' way of life. So, when did our society become so accepting

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,

The Reality of the Looking Glass: Seeing Muhammad

What did he do that was so worthy of enchanting so many? Were humans to reach the lowest levels of debauchery, the appearance of beauty

Idiosyncrasies of Some Great Scientists

Although they live in this world, they somehow belong to another one. It is idiosyncrasies which make them ‘human’. Think of Einstein: the picture of

World Social Forum 2006 - Karachi

Oil and Water do Mix

The thought of foreign policy driven by BOTH water and oil is worrying.We are seeing the beginning of this trend between India and Pakistan and

Merve Kavakci: No to Secular Fundamentalism

In a country with such strong notions of secularism, the headscarf is viewed by many as a symbol of political Islam and a threat to

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