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25 Years On: Remember Faiz

Faiz Ahmed Faiz is still remembered - on the 25th anniversary of his death - as a revolutionary. He was a humanist in the best sense of the word, and his poetry was free of any racial or religious prejudice.

India's Primary Duty

How can we get a society of adults to be accountable for the treatment of its youngest citizens?

Pushing the Press

Most headlines and news articles in the mainstream Indian press paint a highly distorted view of Pakistan. It is a Pakistan of trigger-happy mullahs trying to come to power, and gain control of Pakistan’s seventy-odd N-bombs.

When India Banned Thought

While Singh has shifted ground from supporting a nationalist right-wing party to intellectual liberalism, Jinnah moved from pursuing secular, liberal policies to rallying the masses with hard, communal appeals.

Teaching for India

It is an unfortunate fact that despite India’s rapid economic ascent and her emergence on the global stage, millions of Indian citizens are still left out of the sun.

Shadow of the Crescent

Are the country’s citizens Pakistanis who happen to be Muslims, or are they Muslims who happen to be Pakistanis? Which comes first, flag or faith?

Delhi's Desert Adventures

In the context of growing American dominance in the Gulf, India’s rise as a major Asian power with global aspirations and the expansion of Indo-American cooperation.

Tharoor of Trivandrum

If there is indeed a worthy candidate standing for election from the Trivandrum seat once occupied by the legendary V.K. Krishna Menon – then it is Tharoor.

The Other Wonders of Khanpur

Lately, we’ve seen a flurry of first-rate fiction as young Pakistani writers begin to confidently address turmoil and change in their societies in a refreshing, contemporary way.

Hindutva's Paradox

With general elections in India around the corner, the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) recently promised to a construct a temple in Ayodhya if elected to power.

Out at Liberty Market

Let the people of Lahore march peacefully in protest on Liberty and fly the Sri Lankan flag on the streets. And let the cricketing lions of Lahore, Imran Khan and Wasim Akram, lead that march.

Pakistan, Can You Hear Me?

Pakistanis come out on the streets to protest against the Taliban, against violence and against the murder of their own people. And for peace and dignity and friendship with their neighbors.

Solving the Afghan Puzzle

President Obama’s surge in Afghanistan might bring a reduction in civilian casualties and collateral damage from air strikes, but there are several important factors that threaten this strategy.

Congress Party's Dilemma

What can Manmohan Singh do to avoid a war but still pander to the rampant anti-Pakistan sentiment among the masses.

A Profile In Courage

A recipient of the Sitara-i-Imtiaz Award in Pakistan and the Ramon Magsaysay Award, Asia’s most prestigious human rights honour, she declined an offered post as the first female judge on the Pakistan Supreme Court, stating she thought she could effe

An Interview with Avnish Bajaj

Bajaj teamed up with fellow Harvard graduate Suvir Sujan to found baazee.com in 2000, now owned by eBay

An Interview with Shashi Tharoor

'We do have, at the moment, a credible field of qualified Asians and I think the world is looking to Asia to produce the next Secretary-General.'

Dreaming of an Indian Renaissance

In an era of unprecedented upheaval and transformation in India, one young man is making waves with his vision for the future called Dreaming Of An Indian Awakening (DIA) through which he aims to usher in an appreciation of India’s rich cultural her

Emerging City of the World

The wealth and opulence of Abu Dhabi is probably the very first thing that will strike you as you enter this gleaming city. Its uglier side will take some more time before it reveals itself to you, provided you look hard enough.

Seoul Searching

Having ushered in turbulent economic prosperity without much ado, South Koreans are conscious of the fact that they are held out as an example to the developing nations

The Untruth of an Indian Majority

No one in India is part of a majority when the classifications of ethnicity, language and religion are all applied simultaneously. Arguably, people in India identify more with ethnicity than religion

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 the secular credentials of the republic

Rational Exuberance: Indians Invest Big In The Gulf

The loser seems to be India. Whereas NRI’s for all these years remitted their money back home, they are now increasingly happier ploughing their hard-earned dirhams or dinars back into their host countries

Are We The Most Racist Of Them All?

We’re so racist that we have the heaviest biases within our tiniest microcosms. Even within our own race and our own country, we’re so fond of discriminating based on community or colour of skin

Urban India -- The NRI Viewpoint

Perhaps this wave of westernization and erosion of culture and values is limited to a few, a solitary blond hair follicle in a jet black mane?

Rakesh Mani

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