The Name Game
Once, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin said: “A nation is a historically constituted, stable community of people, formed on the basis of a common language, territory, economic life and psychological make-up […]
A Death & The World Equation
Jamal Khashoggi was reluctant to call himself an ‘opposition‘. He only wanted Saudi Arabia to implement the reform programmes in a proper manner and to get rid of the ‘dictatorial […]
Opium, Nanking, Doklam &…
India and Japan plan to allow their armed forces to use each other’s military bases in near future. According to diplomatic sources, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese […]
In The Crèche Of ‘Cracy’ Again!
Once, Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein (1889-1951) – the Austrian-British philosopher who worked primarily on logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of language – said: […]
Idiocracy!
Recently, 1,400 words got entry in one of the most authentic English dictionaries and one of them is ‘Idiocracy’. The word itself explains the meaning…. a system run by the […]
Manto: The Man To Be Reckoned
Lahore, January 1948….. Saadat Hasan Manto (1912-1955) was looking at a footwear shop, as he tried to assess the damage. The shop was badly damaged during the communal violence that […]
No To Theravada, On To Taus
It was a day of double delight for the Yazidis. When the Norwegian Nobel Committee was announcing names of 2018 Peace Prize winners on October 5, the Yazidi community was […]
(An)archy Named Patriarchy
Patriarchy often tends to believe that women are nothing, but commodities! Patriarchy loves war, as it satisfies the male ego and the female body becomes the reward not only in […]
He Sets An Example
Once again, Russian President Vladimir Putin has set an example on how to get the job done quietly. He recently arrived in India, did his job and returned to Russia, […]
