Sensational slogans and lofty claims might play well in gatherings of blind followers, but total reliance on such hollow traits in the long run proves harmful for political parties. This principle is especially applicable to the parties struggling in the peculiar political environment of Pakistan. The current leadership of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is confronting a […]
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A national madness: talk shows
There is a circus every night. And it unfolds not in an open-air carnival but in the very place where the idea of protection from all harmful elements is the fundamental factor. It is beamed through television screens into the minds and the lives and the homes of millions of Pakistanis who brainwashed on the […]
George Clooney orchestrates army madness in ‘Catch-22’ trailer
A World War II fighter pilot confronts the mental madness of war in the trailer for the limited series adaptation of Joseph Heller’s classic novel Catch-22, premiering on May 17, 2019 on Hulu. The six-part series stars Christopher Abbott as Yossarian, an Air Force bombardier based in Italy who is desperate to end his service. […]
On my particular brand of madness
I’ve been told that I have always managed to ensnare myself through the intuitive flow of my writing style; through the seamless progression of uncensored thoughts distilled evocatively (and without much care for angered, ruffled-up exigencies) onto paper. But my recent bouts of engagement with all manner of digital marketing-ended readability theorems (a legacy of […]