Patriarchy’s mega challenge on April 18, 2023The patriarchal setup has gradually relented and given space to the women of the formerly colonised countries and lost the traditional power that came with the social setup. Imperialist and culturalist colonisation is the game-changing event of the past two centuries because it brought forward the two distinct strains of social setup in the world. […]
Colonialism to Globalisation on April 6, 2023The world is divided into the North and South and the North has built and progressed because of the colonization of man and material of the South. This signifies colonialism as a dominating force primarily benefitting European countries like England, France, Spain, and many others. The American countries are another addition to modern colonialism of […]
Marriages as celebration of culture on April 5, 2023Ashcroft claimed that postcolonial literature is half the imitation of the master and half the representation of the indigenous and the latter half has proved a battleground of resistance through literature. And in this context, the institution of Marriage has been a more cherished area to celebrate the local cultural practices. Pre-partition Pakistani writers, even […]
Politics in its Turmoil on March 21, 2023For the last few years, political systems and their parts have been in shambles, and because of this, the country s bearing its burnt. The politicians are venting their vitriol against the opponents. They are instilling the way into the minds of the youth, which is in no way favourable for the people in general […]
Private becomes public on March 21, 2023Pakistani postcolonial fiction is the stories of its producers, in one way or another, about them or their families. Most of these tales are relevant to the political history of Pakistan. The unique flavour of these stories is that it is private and public and the public is personal, meaning the individual’s stories are told […]
Withered imagination on February 28, 2023Technology has reformed the world beyond understanding and with tremendously terrific speed and consequently, the age-long and established value system is under threat of annihilation. One of these values is the exercise of imagination in creating imaginary at the individual and the national level. Creativity is at work all the time to make as much […]
From P-Reading to E-Reading on February 8, 2023E-revolution is being touted as the most significant agent of change witnessed in the 21st century. It has brought paper reading almost to zero and has supplanted it with reading on electronic gadgets, termed e-reading. This is a rapidly expanding area of digital life that is engulfing human beings all over the world in almost […]
Youth and the Political Turmoil on January 30, 2023It is said that the worst sufferers of wars and epidemics are the women and the kids. These days, political turmoil should be added to it, especially among the youth. The youth of the 21st century is not as passive and inactive as the past few generations. They are millennials and have a deep eye […]
Arts, Humanities and Sciences on January 19, 2023The world over, universities are following the guidelines to equate the studies of sciences and humanities, including the arts, on an equal footing. Still, in countries like Pakistan, a few individuals at the helm of academic affairs attempted to promote only the sciences, allocated vast amounts of funding to scientific research studies, and set the […]
Indigenousness and African literature on January 18, 2023Like Asia, Africa was also a primary colonial site for the European colonisers. It has been the battleground and a scene of contestation for the German as well as the British occupiers who though fought for supremacy, but the local and indigenous populations suffered while living in their lands. The German onslaught on the African […]