Terrorism, Sectarianism and the Military

It is idiotic to expect respect for the law from ordinary mortals when the Messiahs are at the helm only due to their firepower.

Psychemanica

I screamed inside. I played cool on the out. “I am the messiah,” said I. “I am.” “I.” My, my, what delusion. Since when was

A Waste of National Resource

Currently, there are two distinct educational systems in Pakistan. One is based on the government of Pakistan’s state funded educational institutions and modern curricula and

Failure of Institutions in Pakistan?

There is nothing wrong with Pakistan’s socio-cultural institutions; they are working exactly the way they should logically be working, i.e., what they are meant for.

Suicide: My Salvation

Life: how we give up everything for it
How unfair it is to death
Silence, peace, freedom, yes death
Is what I want with every breath.

Filming the Prophet

Apart from tackling the political and religious fall-ins and fall-outs of making a film like “The Message,” Moustapha also had

The Baluchistan Problem

Teaching Science Badly – and Well

Dogmatism kills science. Students should therefore experience science as a process for extending understanding, not as unalterable truth. Never should the teacher say X or

America’s Moral Compass

The Western social contract is far more tolerant and fair than the Islamic social contract rooted in 7th century notions of intolerance.

Book: Governance and the Sclerosis that Has Set In

When a man like Arun Shourie writes for the hundredth time on the failure of the system, is he writing for our amusement, to make

Moving Beyond Talk: A Roadmap for Quality Education

This proposal provides a pragmatic mechanism aligned with the role of HEC (Higher Education Commission) as a supportive watchdog - providing reason, resources, and recognition

Diya JalaiN: Light the Lamp

Who’s afraid of (a) little more happiness, little less hatred?
In diversity is hope: in hope, light. let’s light that lamp and nurse its flickers

Dreams

Even this rain…even this has changed. Even Mother Nature has started whoring around. Nothing is the same. Nothing New Jersey spits out can be like

Music: Star Rise

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Michael Brooks` Night Song Remixed.

Local Knowledge, Capital, and Social Change in the Age of Globalization

Whether it is selling vegetables or tourism, the local agent does not, by definition, possess anything that cannot be brought from elsewhere in the globe.

Today

If there ever was a red flag
Before the green
If there ever was a silver lining
I wouldn’t be seeing gray, through my pinhole, today.