A conscious life
HUMAN life is the greatest enigma for those individuals who constantly reflect over it. It has been described in literature through various metaphors, similes, analogies and examples. In the Quran,…
Revolution of values
This month marks the 90th birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr the iconic American civil rights and human rights leader who forced America to live up to its rhetorical ideals…
Climatic conflicts
How do you clear a room of climate activists? Start talking about war. It’s not just environmentalists that leave; it’s pretty much everyone. Mission accomplished by the Bush Administration, which…
Why are they so angry?
Many people have sought to approach the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan with gloves and a hazmat suit. This is understandable. Any discussion about belief, religion and spirituality in Pakistan is a hazard.…
China’s economic development: Confucian values
China's dynamism is as much a function of its burgeoning economy as of following Confucian ethics. For the first time the birthday of Confucius (551-478 BC) was officially celebrated in…
Stunning upset
On 9/11 (11 September 2001) Al Qaeda, based in Afghanistan, launched four co-ordinated terrorist attacks on the United States of America killing 2996 people and injuring more than 6000; as…
Sufism: a South Asian delusion
[Oh Khusro the river of love flows in a strange way/Whoever jumps in drowns, and whoever drowns gets across] Writing at the turn of the 13th century, Amir Khusro was…
Contesting culture
In 2004, while the Muttahida-Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) was governing KP, a puritanical vigilante group called Tehreek-i-Nijaat-i-Fahashi launched a crackdown against musicians in Peshawar. Under deepening conservatism patronised by the religio-political alliance,…
Contrasting experiences
Many look upon militants as irrational creatures, criminals, or a mere bunch of thugs. The story of Ali Haider Gilani, however, offers a different perspective. In his three years of…
Khushal Baba
The Heaven has not left a single heart intact/It has stained each and every one by the impact These stars that you see in the night sky/Are all such stains,…
