Like it or not, Donald Trump’s rhetoric has worked and brought him to the White House. ‘Rhetoric’ is the art of persuasion; the science on how to write/speak and motivate the audience. Around 3000 years ago, Aristotle devised three persuasive audience appeals: the Logos (Logic), the Pathos (emotional), and Ethos (ethics). This provides a basic […]
Blood-money metaphor & Pakistan’s economic future
The blood money metaphor is an interdisciplinary topic of physiology and economics. The metaphor is an ancient and traditional concept that can be traced back to Aristotle, 384 BC. In the Economy of body, the circulation of blood and money is stated in Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan (1651), William Harvey’s anatomical theory of the circulation of […]
The foolosophy of a Punjabi wedding
A wedding is primarily a celebration. It is also a declaration of commitment two people are making publicly. All cultures and societies have their wedding norms and traditions. While there is great diversity across the world in this regard there are a lot of similarities too. These include inviting guests, having food, exchanging gifts and […]
Neither a cricket team nor a charitable hospital
During the 1992 Cricket world cup, Imran Khan openly and profoundly displayed his newly embraced passion of ‘mind power’, and the symbolic representation of himself and his team, as the cornered tigers. One can also frequently see him in the world cup matches point to his brain as a gesture, to reiterate the power of […]
Erdogan and Imran Khan? a political synthesis
Different nationalities, different stories, and different rhetoric yet Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkish Republic, and Imran Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan, share a similar direction. The direction that brings prosperity to their people. While this direction may be similar, the selection of methodology to reach the destination, is the real question. The Justice and Development […]
Succession and psychology
Any research that applies the principles of psychology in legal contexts and applications can be considered as Legal Psychology.The unity of Psychology and Law is ‘Human Behavior’. The former seeks to understand human behavior and the latter to regulate human behavior. From Theology, Common Law, Civil/Roman Law to Juries in the United States, differences in […]
The philosophy of creative destruction
Economics, considered today as a separate branch of Social Science, was previously understood as a science under Philosophy. The inception and development of the study of resources (land, labor, capital and entrepreneurship) was always by philosophy and philosophers. Philosophy precedes economics. Current account deficit, direct taxation, expansionary fiscal policy, and even Prime Minister (PM) Imran […]
Bilingualism from the Father of Singapore
Language in Pakistan is no different than a ping pong match between English and Urdu. Constitution, Judiciary, Administration and Higher Education are in English. Television media, Parliament sessions, Press Conferences and First Information Report (FIR) are in Urdu. Unfortunately, we have created two incomplete derivatives of language that exhibit fallacies within dimensions of communication. For […]