Supine Journos Mortgaging Brain, Spine To Brawn
October, 1988…. The then Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi, arrived at the Parliament early in the morning. He was not supposed to come to the Parliament on that day. […]
Platinum Jubilee Of A ‘Genocide’…
The year 1943. Around 2.1 million people, out of a population of 60.3 million, died in Bengal Province of then British India (now the eastern Indian province of West Bengal […]
MODIfication On OBOR?
The Narendra Modi government in India plans to change its (foreign) policy towards neighbouring China. New Delhi has decided not to criticise or oppose Beijing’s high-profile ‘One Belt One Road’ […]
The Legacy Of Asma Jahangir
Human Rights leader Asma Jahangir of Pakistan died in Lahore on February 11, 2018, at the age of 66. Those – who knew her personally – felt the loss of […]
Ansari’s Answer, As Malik’s ‘Malique’?
She wanted to become a journalist or an advocate. And she has caused a great sensation by choosing the first one. Marvia Malik has become Pakistan’s first transgender TV newsreader. […]
Chinese Missile System In Pak Hands!
China plans to supply a sophisticated missile tracking system to its ‘all-weather ally’ Pakistan. Quoting the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the Hong Kong-based ‘South China Morning Post’ daily has […]
Politics: Polity Of Not-So-Fair Tactics?
It may be said that footwear has always played quite a role in politics in different countries. On October 12, 1960, the then Soviet Leader, Nikita Khrushchev, is said to […]
A Gentle Breeze, Secular In Nature, Passes… Away
When fundamentalism has started posing a serious threat to the global community, an immanent flame of secularism and feminist theory has been extinguished. Saba Mahmood – the Pakistan-born American anthropologist […]
MEssy Affair: The Middle East & Sri Lanka In S Asia?
India is worried about the current political situation in Sri Lanka, where clashes between people belonging to two different religious practices have triggered a fresh tension. The Indian Ministry of […]
Boundless Ocean Of Politics 