The desert of the real
The year 1991 is remembered for the disintegration of the Soviet Union; the end of the cold war; the Gulf War; and the triumph of the liberal economy. What was…
A case for Rano
A BEAR cub ambles along an alpine meadow dotted with blue forget-me-nots. Her mother keeps a watchful eye on her not far behind. The autumn air is crisp and the…
Mental illness during Covid-19
IN my last column on the physical health of those with mental illness, I talked about evidence that showed people with mental illness had higher physical morbidity and early mortality as compared…
Mental health peril
PAKISTANIS are rightfully upset at US President Joe Biden’s categorisation of their country as “one of the most dangerous nations in the world”. Perhaps our ire would be less if…
Thinking Healthy Programme
MENTAL healthcare is too important to be left to psychiatrists or psychologists alone. In low-resource settings like ours, unaddressed mental health issues are growing at an alarmingly high rate and…
A nation of savage inequality
Roughly 38,000 US veterans eat from garbage cans every day. So Fox News reported back in January, advocating a helping hand for homeless veterans. It was nice to see the…
Anatomy of a protest
No sane person can condone the violence and arson attacks that rocked Pakistan in reaction to former prime minister Imran Khan’s arrest on May 9, 2023. These acts of vandalism…
Dangerous nationalism
The Tipu Sultan Express named after the famed freedom icon who resisted British colonialism in South India in the late 18th Century is being renamed Wadiyar Express after the Hindu…
Mental illness and possession
I FIRST learned about jinns in school. One afternoon, our Islamiat teacher, a dour woman with a tendency to scare us, began to talk about jinns. Like the rest of…
Preventive mental health
The core of our conscious being centers on our mental state. The way we feel and think determines how we behave and act. And still when we use the word…
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