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Culture of peace

On September 21, the International Day of Peace (IDP) was marked by the United Nations across the world under the theme: ‘Actions for Peace: Our Ambition for the #GlobalGoals’ in…

Reading culture

THE love of reading isn’t something that develops in a vacuum. Avid readers or ‘bookworms’ are a product of their environmental influences. It is remarkable how much children can learn…

Company culture

Senior managers in professionally run organizations often talk about company culture and compare it with that of similar enterprises. Those who have not heard about this term understand it to…

A culture of violence

Our society has become more and more violent. There is no doubt about this and plenty of evidence to illustrate the point. In recent years we have the terrible murder…

Political realities, social cultures

For most of those who live in today’s Pakistan – the country made up primarily of young people as well as the very young – the era of Gen Ziaul…

China: developing a strong socialist culture

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has attached great importance to the development…

A dangerous new culture

Suddenly, initially almost unnoticed by many of us, the culture of politics and with it broader aspects of social life have altered in the country. Much of this appears to…

Consumption, culture, change

READERS beware. This title could be misleading, but our changing CPI (consumer price index) basket, besides tracking inflation, says a lot about our culture. Our current CPI basket is based…