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Journalism: An Alternative History: Part – II

Journalism: an alternative history: Part – II

Another good book on the alternative history of the media in the 1980s is ‘Mun Gharhat Aurat’ (Concocted woman) published in 1997. The Simorgh Collective of Lahore reviewed the presentation of women in the media during General Zia’s regime. Neelam Hussain, Nasreen Shah, Fareeda Sher, and others did the research that was translated into Urdu by Rubina Saigol. The Simorgh Collective had started this study in 1985 by observing the role of the media in projecting women during the years of General Zia’s Islamization programme which aimed at imposing obsolete ideas on society by legislative and media manipulation.…

The Marsiya Transformed

The marsiya transformed

The tragedy of Karbala is rooted in the consciousness of Muslims. In the Subcontinent, this has found poetic expression in the classical tradition of the marsiya which eulogizes Imam Hussain…

Preacher Of Peace

Preacher of peace

On October 2, the world community observed the International Day for Non-Violence. According to a resolution passed by the UN General Assembly, the day is celebrated every year on the…

Repression And The Indian State

Repression and the Indian state

During the United Nations General Assembly’s address, Indian Prime Minister Modi created the impression that the largest democracy is following the principles of non-violence and pacifism, claiming that India is…

A Walk Into The Darkness

A walk into the darkness

Pakistan and its people have now walked quite a long way since the country appeared on the map in 1947. Through these seven decades, the walk has taken people into…

One Year With The PTI

One year with the PTI

Last year in the same month, I joined the PTI. My joint press conference with Imran Khan was live broadcasted by almost all news channels. A large number of leading…

Our place in the world

Just one day after Prime Minister Imran Khan launched an extensive online visa regime to, in a sense, open our doors to the world, we had a shocking reminder of…

The White Supremacist Scourge

The white supremacist scourge

The shooting at a mosque in Christchurch, where 50 people were killed by 28-year-old Brenton Tarrant, may just deliver the wake-up call the world, and notably the West, needs. For…

Jang And Literature

Jang and literature

In the first part of this series, we discussed how ‘Jang’, founded by Mir Khalil-ur-Rahman established itself as the foremost Urdu newspaper in the country. In this second and last…

Books On The Highway

Books on the highway

In my previous column yesterday, I wrote about the two books that I bought at an unlikely place in Sindh – the Vanjara Café near Mirpurkhas. The first book, ‘As…