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Category: South Asia

Echo Of Pakonomics!

The Pakistani economy is in dire straits….. After becoming the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan on August 18, 2018, Imran Khan hinted that his government would adopt the Chinese model in […]

Return Of The King

With Sri Lanka facing a Constitutional Crisis, a Cold War has rocked the Indian Ocean coast. India and China are the two parties in this war that is aimed at increasing […]

Those Were The Days…

Believe it or not! Nostalgia is one of the driving forces behind the resurrection of ultra-nationalism in contemporary world. Interestingly, the love for the past is not necessarily based on the […]

Kaed To Azadi: On India Winning Freedom

– to my friend Naheed Yousuf, the grandniece of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad… The Indians usually criticise Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, and Muhammad Ali Jinnah, […]

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 […]

Surfing On ‘Serfdom’

Modern slavery is a simple English term, but different countries use different legal terminologies to explain it. Commonly, modern slavery includes the crimes of human trafficking, slavery and slavery like practices, […]

Defence: Rush To Russia!

India has strengthened its defence system! The Narendra Modi government in New Delhi – defying the threat of US sanctions – signed a contract with Russia on October 5 on […]