Jinnah’s children
WE still haven’t figured out exactly who Mohammad Ali Jinnah — Quaid-i-Azam — is or was, even in 2024. Westernised liberal secular, or champion of religious freedom for Muslims? Brilliant…
Intolerant India or Jinnah’s Pakistan?
Last week at Davos, Prime Minister Imran Khan demonstrated once again, why he is a darling for Pakistanis that invest a greater premium on how Pakistan positions and presents itself…
Ayodhya, Kartarpur, and Jinnah’s Pakistan
The South Asian hero is seen differently by different communities, but in the aftermath of yet another symbol of India’s institutionalization of Hindu supremacism or Hindutva, one man stands above…
Jallianwala & Jinnah
THE massacre at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar was executed on April 13, 1919 — a hundred years ago today. Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah sent his telegram of protest to the…
Fatima Jinnah: An enduring legacy
Over the decades a good deal has been written on. Fatima Jinnah's contribution to national politics. The focus of most writings on and about her are almost exclusively on how…
Jinnah gave us Pakistan on a platter
Mohammad Ali Jinnah was a giant. The 20th century produced some great personalities and leaders. Churchill, FDR, Mao, Kenyatta, Gandhi. But Jinnah stands tall - because he created a country…
Aligarh’s response to the Raj
The war of Independence in 1857, in which all ethnic groups took active part, was the climax of upfront resistance to the British Raj. The passionate freedom fighters, however, could…
Kipling to Jinnah: Mumbai’s crumbling colonial homes
Hidden behind a blanket of trees at the back of a university in Mumbai lies the dilapidated, but once grand, former home of writer Rudyard Kipling. Fallen branches, discarded chairs…
Dalit view of Pakistan
It may not be a mere irony that two leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) who have faced the maximum humiliation with the rise of Narendra Modi’s dictatorship are…
Jinnah’s ideals
The recent rediscovery of two audio recordings of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah’s speeches, made in 1947, has once again restarted the debate about just what sort of vision the founder…
