Articles with tag: debate

Rethinking Disability in the Third World

Naveed Ejaz Feb 14, 2007 interacts: 22

Much like sexuality, disability is a taboo subject even when considered as part of a serious debate. It is the unnamed pink elephant in the living room that no one is comfortable talking about.

Education Reform: Signs of Hope

Pervez Hoodbhoy Feb 12, 2007 interacts: 167

There is good news: the “White Paper” to “debate and finalize national education policy”, distributed in December 2006 by the Ministry of Education, though incomplete and flawed, is an enormous step forward.

Settling The Kalabagh Issues

Kamal Siddiqi Nov 16, 2004 interacts: 5

The problem is not just of whether the Kalabagh dam is a feasible project. The absence of any meaningful debate on such a sensitive subject is worrisome.

Free Speech and Intolerance

Dean Ali Sep 20, 2004 interacts: 12

At the end of the day we must be morally coherent and cohesive, and protect democracy and the civil society, even if this means sending the far-right and the fascists to hell in a handcart.