We live in tumultuous times. Reactionary right-wing governments have popped up across the world. Online fake news has strengthened a number of damaging false narratives. The global terrorism problem seems to be getting worse with every passing day. To top it all off, humanity continues to fail to tackle the climate change problem, with many […]
Freedom
A salute to Udham Singh
Sir: History of freedom movement in India tells that most Indians were sly, sycophants’ (to quote mahatma’ Gandhi). Yet, a few lodestones like Udham Singh illuminate tomes of freedom movement. The Sunam-born Ghadar Party revolutionary Udham Singh shot dead Sir Michael O’Dwyer, former lieutenant governor of British Punjab, in a meeting of the East Indian […]
Thousands of PTM protesters rally for their rights in North Waziristan
Thousands of protesters joined the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) rally on Sunday in Miramshah region of North Waziristan. Pashtuns from the various parts of KP and Balochistan attended the rally. The rally was also joined by many women having placards in their hands inscribed with different slogans demanding the recovery of their missing ones, asking […]
Brazil’s Lula fights for freedom as he marks one year in jail
Since entering prison a year ago, Brazil’s former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been spending his days working out in his cell and fighting to prove his innocence. The 73-year-old leftist icon, who has been sentenced to 25 years behind bars in two separate corruption cases, remains determined to challenge the “injustices” he […]
What is true freedom?
We often talk about freedom which encompasses freedom of choice, freedom of will, freedom of speech, freedom of vote and whom to vote and so far, so on. Overwhelming efforts have been made individually and collectively all over the world and scholarly articles have been published by intellectuals, seminars have been conducted, and blogs are […]