Perils of patriarchy
We live in a patriarchal society. Most of us, especially women, understand what this means. It means a society in which men almost from the moment of birth are considered…
Gasping for air
The US is home to over 4 million Indian Americans. We’re a diverse population, but overall we’re the most affluent of all Asian American subgroups, with a median income of…
The development challenge
Global wisdom is increasingly reaching the conclusion that the holistic model of human development is the real answer to the present and evolving challenges faced by the global community. In…
The Fiasco at the HEC
One of the most commendable decisions Prime Minister Imran Khan made upon taking office was to eschew haste in trying to reverse everything his predecessors had done. Among the beneficiaries…
Resolving minority issues
Two major problems non-Muslim minority communities in Pakistan face are directly linked to religious conversion and encroachment of holy sites of worship. Most of the conversion cases in Pakistan are…
A multilateral world
The corona pandemic has changed the world drastically. While humanity is still in the midst of overwhelming the virus through accelerated vaccine production programs, the resurgence of Covid-19 has proven…
Good news for education
Honest and dynamic leadership is critical for the development of any organization or a country. It has been aptly stated that an “organization without an effective leadership is like a…
Mataloona and Mizh
John Keats says that “a proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it.” Indeed, excellent proverbs and maxims continue to remain in vogue centuries and millennia after…
Language and the written word
Speech predates writing. Oral language is the essential language. Technically, the writing of a language is just a graphic representation of said language; and it can never represent all the…
UNHCR and the refugee crisis
According to the UNHCR, there are some 70.8 million forcibly displaced people across the world today including 41.3 million internally displaced persons, 25.9 million refugees and some 3.5 million asylum…
