INDO-PAK TIFF AND THE COMIC WRITER on March 10, 2019Creativity , imagination, interpersonal skills and manual dexterity are the qualities of a good comic writer. Interestingly same attributes are required by a leader to create a narrative of a nation. So all leaders are comic writers and all narratives are political comics(at least till the history shove them aside). Unfortunately if a leader is […]
Statecraft in times of peanut allergies on December 30, 2018Two acronyms are very popular these days, DIY (do it yourself) and IYI (intellectual yet idiot). IYI is offensive in nature yet applicable, though sparingly. Cognitive illusions are everywhere, getting pronounced with every passing day. Era of deep fakes, fake news and the post truth is resulting into a healthy harvest of IYIs .This term […]
Neurochemistry of a nation on December 9, 2018The most blatantly used (misused) word during all times is strategy, strategic or strategically strategic. From Peloponnesian war till geographical limits of Afghanistan, tactics and strategy is cited as the reason of success or failure. Another word which is part of haute couture of all the ivy tower academicians is the spirituality. The western drawing […]
Global nuclear order and its metaphors on November 13, 20181960s the west was famous for two things, one the literary craze of mills and boons and the Dr Strangelove. Both were radiated responses. One was closer to feminism the other to the nuclear machismo. Even cold war was not so cold in normal exchanges between the states. Comes the 21st century and everyone become […]
Blind men and an Elephant on November 4, 2018There was a town in which all the inhabitants were unfortunately blind. There a stray elephant came from the jungle, as the people could not see, so everybody defined elephant by touching some part of its body, there were uncountable definitions, unmeasureable interpretations, but not even one person could name the elephant. Such is the […]
Political economy of the state on October 21, 2018There was a time when leisure used to be taken as the status symbol for the elites, now crazy busy is buzz word for this new fuzz. Even states seem to be gyrating in the crazy busy whirlpool. The business of state is the direct result of politics or the economics, thus political economy is […]
1947 to 2047 – a journey in twilight on October 14, 2018McCarthyism is the practice and the art of making accusations of treason without any evidence. Pakistan is in the whirlpool of easterly, westerly, gusty winds and the local Chinooks. McCarthyism at play everywhere. Most of the developed and developing countries entered 21st century around 2008, initial eight years were the lining up of thoughts ,ideas […]
Political Warfare and the Statecraft on October 7, 2018Red rover, red rover let tommy come over. This is the call to draw battle lines of new sports which is taking over the world. Kabbadi a game originated in areas now in Pakistan, is becoming a brand new icon of Indian identity all over the globe, like many things Indian, yoga, basmati rice and […]
The legend of Kalasha and the last Shaman on September 1, 2018It was already the dusk, the silhouette of the city in the mountains was visible with its dim far lights. Air all around was testing the olfactory responses with aroma of freshly baked loafs and the conifers wood burnt in earthen ovens of every house hold, wafting out through small chimneys. It was mile stone […]
Three cups of tea and tyranny of kettle on August 12, 2018“First time you share a tea with a balti, you are a stranger. The second time you are an honoured guest. The third time you shared a cup of tea, you become family”. This depicts a culture so rich in values that even sharing cups of tea naturalizes you in a family. Culture, society, tribes […]