Articles with tag: oppression
The State Strikes Back
Rezwan Bajwa Jun 16, 2005 interacts: 7Many expected this to take a bit of time but the State pulled a surprise this past Saturday. The Rangers moved in to occupy all PTCL installations in the country and the Army signals core moved in to take over operations so that the workers could no long
Sughraa
Mohammed Amjed Dec 2, 2004 interacts: 20Sitting in the faded lamplight, Sughraa mends her soul, the imaginary needle piercing in and out of the tarnished fabric.
Haseena and Jannat (on earth)
Shandana Minhas Jun 15, 2003 interacts: 45even her grim demeanor cannot hide the fact that she is very attractive
On the Nature of the Principal Civic Contracts
Ali Hasan Cemendtaur May 18, 2002 interacts: 11Is anyone amongst the current world leadership dreaming with us
An Interview with Noam Chomsky
Mashhood Rizvi Feb 18, 2002 interacts: 19I don’t feel that I have important messages to convey
The Wages of Obedience
Pervez Hoodbhoy Feb 12, 2002 interacts: 138The systemic failure of a whole class of people to think honestly and seriously, in short a failure to do their job as political analysts
Jihad: Paradoxes and Defining Moments
Urstruly Sep 30, 2001 interacts: 731There will always be a lunatic fringe in the Muslim society
The Real Face of Saudia Arabia
Sadia Saulat Apr 2, 2000 interacts: 101Saudi Arabia is not a signatory to the human rights as envisioned by United Nations
Need for a Confederation
Soumitra Bose Feb 21, 1999 interacts: 30India had never been a Nation, it is still not one
The lack of Women’s Rights in Pakistan
Omar Mirza Oct 29, 1998 interacts: 14Tracing the roots of oppression
Giving Way to Intolerance
Mehdi Hasan Sep 14, 1998 interacts: 12During the last many years, religious intolerance and sectarian fanaticism have created a war-like situation in Pakistan
Nuclear Bomb for Sale
Pervez Hoodbhoy and Shiv Visvanathan Jul 6, 1998 interacts: 11the demand for nuclear bombs outstripped that of mangoes, movies, health services, designer labels, paan, clean water,
Patriot Games
Shiv Visvanathan May 18, 1998 interacts: 13Pass out the barfis. It could be a hockey match. A Tendulkar century. A riot or a nuclear blast.
Brown Man’s Burden
Amar D Dhindsa May 2, 1998 interacts: 14I remember my English teacher sneering at students for not understanding what they were teaching, attributing our faults to lack of breeding
Gender and Literacy in Pakistan
S Y Hussain Jan 3, 1998 interacts: 2By looking at agendas and practices of some organizations involved with women’s literacy in Pakistan this paper attempts to clarify ideas related to gender, assumed or consciously advocated in their various approaches.
