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By Aneela Shazad There have been comparisons between the Vietnam and Afghanistan wars, but scarcely from the lens of the victims themselves. For those whose shattered lives have remained invisible under a

By Sreeram Chaulia This year, the International Day of Democracy came and went on Saturday, September 15, with barely a whimper. It was a sign of the times. The most enlightened form

By Manzoor Ahmad Malik Children are like seeds, which need a congenial atmosphere, fertile place and a skilful Gardener to germinate into a fruitful tree. Among the three, it’s the teacher, who

By D Suba Chandran One of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government’s more interesting promises has been the formation of a new roadmap on Jammu and Kashmir (J&K).Over the past two decades, there

By Kumar Ketkar Almost all intellectuals have come to the conclusion that the so-called opposition unity is impossible. This outright rejection of the idea of “Index of Opposition Unity (IOU)” is particularly

By Dr.Tasaduk Hussain Itoo The sadness that seems to be invisible sometimes reflects eye-openly when we have a bothersome look at its actual sufferers. This sadness has rendered a diversity of people

By Mohan Guruswamy The tale of King Canute holds a salutary lesson to our Prime Minister. Canute set his throne by the seashore and commanded the incoming tide to halt and not

By Suhas Palshikar Labelling helps in defining — and possibly maligning — your opponents. It also helps obfuscate the issues or, at any rate, distract public attention. The latest label to be

By Tabish Khair Recently, several human rights activists, alleged to be ‘conspirators’, were taken into custody by the police in India. Who are these activists or ‘conspirators’? I cannot answer this question,

By Sayeed Mehran Shah Prof. Khwaja Ekramuddin, happens to be one of the most distinguished and proficient litterateurs of Urdu language, who is currently serving as a professor in the Centre of