Stop Sleaze

Transparency International recently released a corruption perception index for 145 countries around the world, placing Pakistan much nearer to the bottom than any self-respecting Pakistani

A True Story

short snippets of real life mixed with exaggeration as well as humor

The Other Woman

She was a friend who just happened to be a woman...or, was she?

The Short-Circuiting of Democracy

The Clinton scandal as the unraveling of America.

Footprints in the Sand

Nasrallah, another in a line of charismatic Arab leaders who leave behind nothing else but footprints in the sand

Calculate This

A Journey to India

Recently I had an opportunity to visit India. I was very excited about visiting the country we’ve now been separated from for almost 60 years.

Our National Mea Culpa

The Individual, The State and Lal Masjid: The failure of Pakistan to develop a tradition of dissent in its politics

Looking Without; Looking Within

Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return. To plague the inventor ... [Macbeth, 1:7]

Life on Earth: Chance or Deliberate. A Reply

The fact that we have survived in our universe does not mean that we are the sole purpose of the universe.

The Price of Loving Karl Marx

Spouses have to offer financial, economic and social sacrifices to maintain a marital relationship with creative personalities. Karl Marx was no exception.

The Sage

forget Plato’s cavemen

Volunteer Sri Lanka

Coffin Ride of the Classics

The creative classics of every genre are on life support systems and those who get them in the form of sequels, re-dos, movies etc make

The Weight of Water

“Women are like water,” her father used to say, “they are gentle and patient and they take the shape of whatever situation into which they

Poem Number New Year

I am still in my skin