Archive for September, 2012

By Ramaswamy Mohan - Bal Thackeray, the Shiv Sena supremo, was in and out of intensive medical care for a while a few weeks ago even as the party of this great reactionary struggled to stay relevant to Indian politics.

By Omar Nawaz The perpetrators, the police, the ineffective laws — nay, the whole system is loaded against victims of child abuse Aslam* thought they were good friends before reality bit him. The realization came the hard way for the 15-year-old. He was sexually abused before managing to escape from the hands of two men who […]

By Kamran Yousaf - When Pakistan agreed to reopen vital land routes for foreign forces stationed in Afghanistan in early July, it formally put an end to the seven-month old diplomatic standoff with its estranged ally, the United States.

By Rasul Bakhsh Rais - Whether or not Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf will help break the deadlock between the executive and the judiciary, he appears to be taking a slightly more positive approach. There appears to be a major

By Umair Javed - A cursory age-wise analysis of the recently finalized electoral rolls reveals that around 48 percent of voters, i.e. 41 million out of 84.3 million, fall in the age bracket between 18 and 35.

By Amar Guriro - Raj Kumar and his younger brother Ashok Kumar were prosperous grain traders in Jacobabad, Sindh. Distressed by steep aggravation in the law and order situation, exacerbated by reduced income after the 2010-11

By Afia Salam –  It’s easy to be consumed by commercial success. but Sara Mushtaq has carved out a niche — as an artist and philanthropist She is a vivacious young woman who thinks the journey is more interesting than destination, and she is willing to savour each and every step of the way. Having […]

By Clarence Rufin –  He was a technocrat, businessman, poet, writer and film director holding his own in Indo-Pak film industries. who was he really? August is august in terms of man and memories. The month just behind us was no different. It marked the 22nd death anniversary of Akhtar Yousuf, who fell to his […]

By Mishaal Manzoor –  Thanks to brilliant imitation, artificial jewellery has become de rigueur for today’s fashion conscious woman There’s nothing more festive and celebratory than a wedding in Pakistan. There are, in fact, ‘seasons’ setting off a wedding spree. It is when wherever you look, flamboyant marquees have taken over vacant plots for outdoor […]

By Wajahat Ali –  Intizar Hussain relates the memories of pre-partition days and mourns the death of reading culture in a tv-bitten age In an ideological state, where governments fabricate the past, literature becomes a significant source of history. This reality was reinforced while talking to one of the greatest living fiction writers of Urdu […]