The cartography of silence
Once upon a time, there were maps. Not the kind folded in glove compartments or spread on those navigating wars, but maps of instinct, etched in the minds of those…
Paradoxical
IT has recently been pointed out that Iqbal’s poetic corpus is replete with contradictions. One obvious explanation is that the intellectual growth of a thinker entails a lack of harmony…
What about the spirit of the game?
Hold your breath. India and Pakistan are playing cricket in Dubai today. This somewhat rare display of one of the most intense sports rivalries in the world is being staged…
Reconnecting with Bangladesh
During Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar's visit to Bangladesh, several agreements and memorandums of understanding were signed between the two countries. The ceremony, attended by top government officials, including Bangladesh’s Advisor…
Gaza’s obituary
AS much of Gaza and its inhabitants now sleep forever under the rubble of what used to be homes, it is time for people around the world to write their…
The colour green
There is something heartwarming, but at the same time sad, about the small tableau built from broken green bangles, pieces of green fabric, small Pakistan flag, and a mixture of…
Bibi Zainab’s victory
A towering palace cum mosque in Damascus presided over by Yazid ibn Muawiya and his numerous loyalists, presented the unlikely setting for his powerful empire to begin crumbling soon, after…
Humanities learning
IT is a sign of our age that not just the processing times of Large Language Models (LLMs), but the very arc of humanity, is racing ahead at warp speed.…
Tunnel vision?
IDEAS, good and bad, have a strange way of persisting and penetrating all sorts of barriers — geographical, cultural, linguistic, and above all, time. The edicts of a man who…
Igniting the renaissance
Democracy has become a global aspiration, yet it remains elusive in much of the Muslim world. According to the 2024 Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index, only 4.0 per cent of…
