Constitution — persistent violations! on November 10, 2019“When laws do not rule, there is no constitution”-Aristotle in The Politics. There is always a tendency to follow precedents. This means that once an example has been set, the subsequent response is to continue walking on the path set by the predecessors because that appears to be the most convenient way to uphold the […]
Art-expression of real life! on November 3, 2019“If art is singular expression, then by nature, the best art is controversial. But when art stirs debate for reasons besides its artistic integrity, that’s when things get bent” ?John Ridley From an early age, those with the inherent talent of drawing find themselves copying images of their parents or other objects that they take […]
Private schooling-disturbing trends on October 26, 2019“Real education enhances the dignity of a human being and increases his self-respect. If only the real sense of education could be realized by each individual and carried forward in every field of education, the world will be so much a better place to live in.” APJ Abdul Kalam Schooling has always played a vital […]
Reaction generates consequences on October 22, 2019“The measures and acts which show us violently disposed towards the outer world can never stay without a violent reaction on ourselves.” ?Richard Wagner Living things have a natural tendency to respond to stimuli which are in fact, rapid changes. This is an integral part of biological and emotional life that helps humans, animals, plants […]
Women and Pakistan (Part-II) on October 12, 2019Even if for some reason or the other, the women were forced against their will to adopt a conservative life-style, the least they could do was to raise their sons to respect women irrespective of who they were, but what transpired was extremely frightening. The seeds of hate for non-conformism were sown in the minds […]
Women and Pakistan-(Part I) on October 6, 2019“Give me an educated mother, I shall promise you the birth of a civilized, educated nation”-Napoleon Bonaparte. Whether a woman is good, bad or evil has nothing to do with the faith she professes, the stratum of society she belongs to, her ethnic origin, the language she speaks, her cultural background, her looks, her qualifications, […]
Childhood means a lot! on September 28, 2019“Freud has shown one thing very clearly that we only forget our infancy by burying it in the unconscious; and that the problems of this difficult period find their solution under a disguised form in adult life.”?Herbert Read, 20th century British philosopher Very small children, in fact, infants, are perceived as not being fully aware […]
Little steps, bigger goals on September 21, 2019Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little. –Edmund Burke The universe is a huge complex machine with the suns, stars, planets and living beings comprising its essential components and parts. Although this seems quite an odd simile but the fact is that with even the […]
Unifying force: Culture, religion or humanity? on September 13, 2019All that remains left in salvation of the human race is nothing but humanity. ” Hamlet is a universal story that concerns us all. These issues do not concern only Muslims but all people equally, showing that we all share the same problems regardless of religion, nation and culture” ?Haris Pasovic, Bosnian film maker What […]
Karbala: unprecedented story of courage on September 8, 2019“O’ God! Surely you know that whatever we did was not a competition to gain worldly positions and worthless physical attractions of the world but to show the true religious ways and to remove corruption from your lands, so that the oppressed feel secured and act according to your teachings and rules.”-Imam Hussain AS. When […]