Aurat March and its ‘critics’
As every year, this year too Pakistan’s women joined their sisters round the globe in rallying for their rights on March 8, International Women’s Day. For the last few years,…
March for freedom
FREEDOM is an extremely powerful idea, glorified by those who want it, reviled by those who want to keep status quo intact. We Pakistanis have a particular affinity with the…
Change and revolutions
Part - IV Perhaps the best method of introducing change in society is through legal means: by introducing new progressive legislations and enforcing them in letter and spirit. Sometimes legislation…
Change and revolutions
Part - III If history is any guide, change can be either backward-looking or forward-looking – both reflecting a dissatisfaction with the present. Interestingly, backward-looking changes inculcate a distrust of…
China’s long march
Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese characteristics is three-pronged: i) factors-in the history of the CPC-led revolution and the journey of sacrifice and nation-building that ensued thereafter; ii) acknowledgement…
Cheering a lost revolution
SALEEM Asmi’s death last week was always going to be untimely and too soon for journalists and cultural dilettantes allowed into his charmed circle. They comprised many who got addicted to his…
The Revolution: 100 years young
Today, November 7, 2017 marks the hundredth anniversary of the Great October Revolution in Russia. Why October? Because Czarist Russia adhered at the time to the Gregorian calendar. Therefore the…
Women on the march
Despite the threats and attempted intimidation by the retrogressive forces in politics and society, the Aurat (Women’s) march was held on March 8, 2020 in many cities throughout Pakistan. Rallies…
The Revolution: 100 years young
Today, November 7, 2017 marks the hundredth anniversary of the Great October Revolution in Russia. Why October? Because Czarist Russia adhered at the time to the Gregorian calendar. Therefore the…
Women’s march
Hundreds of thousands of women once again took to the streets on January 20, 2018 to fire up the ‘resistance movement’ that they helped ignite a year ago, the day…
