Indian navy in the Persian Gulf on July 10, 2020Muhammad Ali Siddiqi wrote in Dawn that in 2003, former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee whilst addressing a military conference emphasized on the expanding and changing nature of India’s strategic interests in an increasingly globalized world. Though the term “globalization” is yet being debated by many considering its validity in a post-COVID world. But, […]
‘Ishq Zah-e-Naseeb’ on normalising rape on October 30, 2019Just when the Me Too Movement could not hold any bigger backlash, it nonetheless faced another major drowning. The airing of the much hyped drama ‘Ishq Zah-e-Naseeb’ on Hum TV wants to normalise everything there is to child molestation, abuse and child rape. This rather appalling ‘trend’ was first cemented with Saba Qamar and Zahid […]
Pakistan’s Indian Ocean Policy on October 18, 2019Pakistan has been at continuous crossroads when it comes to making, developing and then implementing a properly oriented foreign policy. What is it in foreign policy that its reverberations are felt through the much talked about civil-military discourse? But in an era of increasing competition, what seems like a major lacuna is the almost non-existent […]
‘On The Basis Of Sex’ is a beautiful film about women empowerment on June 14, 2019“A feminist is anyone who recognises the equality and full humanity of women and men” ? Gloria Steinem. In the middle of the film ‘On the Basis of Sex’, we see a passionate teen Jane arguing with her mother, now, a revered figure in the United States justice system-Ruth Bader Ginsburg (RBG) on attending a […]