Culture Pop: Songs of freedom
Tomorrow Pakistan will be 70 years young. I love my country deeply, but let’s be honest: despite its scenic beauty, the Pakistani nation has not aged gracefully. We remain stranded…
Fear of freedom
The blatant acts of terrorism against the US on September 11, 2001 jolted the entire world. These attacks raised important questions about the future shape of modern-day societies. The US…
Freedom isn’t free
A newly-married couple was driving down Mall Road in Murree. One of them (the specifications regarding gender have intentionally been concealed) was intermittently tossing skins of fruit out on the…
Sindh, academic freedom and comedy
A recent visit to Sindh coincided with three important developments which attracted a lot of attention on mainstream and social media. Since they have educational and linguistic dimensions, some analysis…
Development and human freedom
Social policing is, perhaps, more detrimental than the physical and legal aspects of policing but less palpable in terms of its impact on the persona of our being. In my…
Marching for freedom
I come to Selma every year on Bloody Sunday. That’s the day in March when King’s marchers were met by riot police on Edmund Pettis Bridge. Now, this anniversary is…
Freedom for all
February 1 is celebrated as the National Freedom Day throughout the US to honour the great contribution of President Abraham Lincoln. It was on this day in 1865 that he…
Freedom of belief
The Quran, the foundation of Islam, envisions a society in which all people could freely express and practise their respective faiths and where believers in Islam and non-believers live together.…
Campuses and the fear of freedom
The recent expulsion of three students from the University of Agriculture at Faisalabad highlights the paranoid manner in which campuses are being run today. The crime that cost the students…
Bhagat Singh and the freedom struggle
In the story of the struggle for the liberation of India from the British Raj, Bhagat Singh and his friends deserve a prominent mention. Bhagat was born in a small…
