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The 12-day Sharjah International Book Fair successfully concluded in the UAE on November 13. A large number of award-winning authors, writers, novelists, intellectuals, artists, creators and other well-known personalities from…
As chatbot sophistication grows, AI debate intensifies
California start-up OpenAI has released a chatbot capable of answering a variety of questions, but its impressive performance has reopened the debate on the risks linked to artificial intelligence (AI)…
The right to water
The people of Pakistan, particularly those in southern Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan, are facing the worst kind of water crisis. Electronic and social media are inundated with images of disease-ridden…
The people’s power
“It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.” – Socrates People have been variously perceived, understood and treated. They are praised and they are…
Defying authority
NOTHING perturbs one more than the sight of the powerful playing their games while the sorry state of our education — on which depends the prosperity of our children, our…
Take a knee – I
‘Take a knee’ has taken the world by storm – from Japan, going west, to California. My own experience of “the knee” is valid. In 1963, I returned from the…
Love for wisdom
In the world of wisdom, learning and intellect, philosophers are revered for their deep thinking and logical argument. Undoubtedly, Socrates was a legendary philosopher who immortalised himself when he preferred…
Fake news
Fake news can have dangerous consequences; this was true even in ancient times when, without print or electronic media, a lie could only spread through word of mouth. Today, with…
A patchwork of ideals
An unexamined life, as Socrates is supposed to have said at his trial, is not worth living. This philosophical lesson synchronises with the message of most religions. Indeed, we are…
To my dear friend Zain
January 30, 2021 was a tragic day for those of us who lost a great friend, an upright human being, an avid reader and a Marxist thinker beyond excellence –…
