The evil that men do on March 27, 2011The body politic of Pakistan suffered another serious blow when the Minister for Minorities, Shahbaz Bhatti, was assassinated in broad daylight. Another crime committed through sheer brazenness; a mournful whimper was strangulated before it could develop into a shriek or a shrill scream — even if permitted, it would have hardly echoed beyond the staccato […]
O Judgement! Thou art fled to brutish beasts II on February 10, 2011It was not in the nature of the Germans to hate the Jews; human nature is not an abstract, fixed and immutable thing — a concept derived from religion and transcendentalist thought, which is equally supported by capitalism. Rather, human nature is a totality of historically determined social relations. These relations were made to tilt […]
O Judgement! Thou art fled to brutish beasts I on February 9, 2011The assassination of Salmaan Taseer came as a rude shock to every sane person living in or outside Pakistan. It is a tragedy that can only be recalled with a throb of pain. Grief has crazed the wits and proved that suffering, self-abnegation and wilful rejection are the only means through which we exist. Hate, […]