Everyone is aware that student enrollment in educational institutions is declining at an alarming rate. In many universities and colleges, several academic departments are approaching the brink of closure due to the continuous decrease in admissions. Multiple factors have contributed to this emerging crisis, but one of the most significant is the rapid advancement of […]
Quest for a Multilateral World Order
Be it the First World War, the Second World War, or more recent conflicts such as the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, history demonstrates that warfare has rarely succeeded in resolving humanity’s fundamental problems. Instead, wars have brought unprecedented destruction, suffering, and instability. The two World Wars devastated much of the globe and caused the […]
Reimagining the UN in a Fragmented World
Established after worldwide II, with an aim to prevent future wars and the related death, destruction and wastage of resources, the UN has rarely succeeded in preventing wars, especially if one of the warring parties is a superpowerbecause these superpowers could veto any UN resolution to get through. The same has been the case even […]
Moving Worlds, Broken Paths
Migration in the 21st century has assumed an increasingly complex shape, shaped by global sociopolitical instability and economic inequalities. As noted by Golban (2019), migration today reflects a turbulent world order, where crises are widespread rather than localised. Globalisation and market economies have significantly accelerated migration trends; however, they have also produced a striking paradox. […]
Pakistan’s Forgotten Generation Z
Educational institutions, particularly those of higher education, have increasingly positioned themselves as sites for addressing the psychological, social, and emotional challenges faced by young people commonly categorized as Generation Z. At present, a significant portion of this generation inhabits universities, poised to re-enter society upon the completion of their degrees. However, a growing body of […]
Visuals over Knowledge
If we go back thirty or forty years, we can observe that educational institutions, especially universities, rarely displayed advertisements or visual projections of their activities. Academic life was largely grounded in physical presence on campus. Faculty members and students met regularly, exchanged ideas, debated concepts, and engaged in intellectual discussions both inside and outside the […]
Outsourcing the Humanities
Since the advent of market-driven universities, a serious issue has emerged regarding the status of humanities education. This situation has been further intensified by the rise of artificial intelligence, through which aspects of teaching and learning in the humanities are increasingly being outsourced. Consequently, humanities are being portrayed as vulnerable or even expendable disciplines, while […]
Globalisation’s Afterlife!
Until 2026, the world had largely been operating under two dominant forces: geocentric anxiety and neoliberal philosophy. These forces were themselves products of postcolonial transitions, decolonisation movements, and ultimately globalisation. For decades, globalisation promised interconnected markets, open trade, and a relatively stable international order. However, the world is now rapidly shifting away from this global […]
English in the Age of Linguistic Flux
While commenting on the gatekeeping of the English language, Bruce Gilley, in his essay “Guarding the Gates of Our Language,” argues that once a culture loses control over its language, everything else is bound to follow. This argument opens up two important dimensions of English. The first is the dimension of colonial hangover, and the […]
Chowks, Chai, and Clicks
Digital platforms are the new public spaces, functioning as modern versions of public houses; however, they lack many of the foundational principles that defined public houses in twentieth-century America and elsewhere in the world. Public houses embodied freedom of entry, speech, and social presence-people could sit, read, eat, drink, and converse freely. Entry was open […]