In Search Of An Identity
An invitation card arrived at the house… one fine evening. The owner of the house was invited to attend a ceremony in memory of the deceased wife of a famous […]
Her Life, Her Struggle…
Well, she was not buried after her death, but cremated as per her last wish! This says quite a lot about Indian Urdu Novelist, Short Story Writer, and Filmmaker Ismat […]
Evolution & Atavism?
After Hagia Sophia, it is Chora or Kariye Museum… Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is expressly sticking to his decision to converting former Greek Orthodox churches to Mosques, one after […]
An Amicable Gesture!
Pakistan considers its South-Western Province of Balochistan as a region knit with problems, mainly because of the local rebels! Most of the people there prefer to call themselves residents of […]
The Changing Face Of Democracy
The world-famous Hagia Sophia Museum in Istanbul, originally founded as a Cathedral, has recently been turned back into a Mosque. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed a decree in this […]
Trinity!
A Students’ Organisation, recently, organised a seminar at the University of Melbourne. The participants and guests found a poster just outside the seminar hall on which the students wrote: ‘Capitalism […]
The Same Spirit!
Women in Pakistan held rallies in different cities on International Women’s Day (celebrated on March 8 every year), ignoring the ire of religious clerics. The hardliners are against such rallies, […]
Opening Old Wounds…
At a time when protests (more than a few of them violent) have broken out across India against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 or CAA, the Narendra Modi Government in […]
Out Of The Barrel Of A Gun!
The minority communities in Pakistan have strongly criticised the Pakistani Army for nurturing terrorism! In a rare first, they have staged protests against the Pakistani Armed Forces outside the South […]
Boundless Ocean Of Politics 