The Autonomy is for India – By A. Kapuria
In post-dynastic democracy, greater autonomy for states is the only way to create a sustainable growth and stronger India. Recently, The Economist wrote ‘While [Indian]...
In post-dynastic democracy, greater autonomy for states is the only way to create a sustainable growth and stronger India. Recently, The Economist wrote ‘While [Indian]...
Extraordinary people like Jesus, Buddha and Gandhi can expel the evils accumulated over generations of oppression and injustice with the message of Love and Non-violence....
Imran Khan wants to educate Pakistan. In a country where literacy is actually declining, that is an ambitious and important goal. Ostensibly, more than 25%...
Words cannot explain the sheer terror and the intimate loss that thousands of people have suffered in the United States on 9/11. More than the...
In 1864, a tall British man from Nottingham stood exactly where I was with his crew of coolies and a daguerreotype camera, looking down at...
Who else but Faiz Sahib, a distinguished Ravian, express it so gloriously! واعظ ہے نہ زاہد ہے ، ناصح ہے نہ قاتل ہے ! اب شہر...
Cyber-Night Dreams – Poem by Prof. Mirza Athar Baig [GC University, Lahore]
Zindan ki ek Shaam – Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s Urdu Poem شام کے پیچ و خم ستاروں سے زینہ زینہ اُتر رہی...
رفیق راہ تھی منزل ہر اک تلاش کے بعد چھٹا یہ ساتھ تو رہ کی تلاش بھی نہ رہی ملول تھا دل آیئنہ...
As part of the British Museum London’s Diamond Jubilee Celebration, there was an excellent exhibition on the history of Arab Horses. It It narrated a...
The appreciation that the US President showered on the Indian democracy during his recent visit contrasted sharply with the cold stares he had reserved for...
As Shakespeare famously said, “Oh Cricket! Thou art so beautiful! Thou maketh Mansoor Akhtar looketh like Viv Richards in Pakistan, and Stuart Broad looketh like...
In memory of Noor Jahan Our best-known Pakistani nightingale is gone. Her journey from birth (real name Allah Rakhi as reported by the BBC) in...
Rabbi Shergill – Music Review – By Veeresh M. I don`t know about technical brilliance and electronic wizardly… but I know what will be playing...
What if the US decides to further shift its so-called War on Terror from Afghanistan to Pakistan and seeks India’s help in this endeavor? It...
The BBC Radio programme, “Desert Island Discs” recently celebrated its 70th anniversary and the occasion had me thinking about the eight songs I would choose...
For once, a buccaneering effort by the lithe Pakistani opener went in vain, although his 140 in the third Coca Cola Independence Cup Final against...
The Myth of Growth:Pakistan’s Lost Opportunity It is June 2001. The new Government is still pondering over what to do with the economy. The Pakistani...
Ahmad Faraz is a peoples’ poet. He speaks in the metaphors of prophecy and vision that transcends rhetoric and narrow nationalism. He is truly an...
Behold! In the creation of the heavens and the Earth; of the Night and the Day; in the sailing of the ships through the Ocean...
I feel the room getting smaller, I want to find an excuse to leave. Why did I decide to show up? I’ve managed to stay...
“Let the minorities understand that their real safety lies in the goodwill of the majority”. (Words of wisdom at the recently-concluded RSS executive council meeting)...
Perhaps someday India will find a leader who has the courage to proclaim “Ameeri badao” instead of “gareebi hatao” and let loose India’s gigantic potential....