The Handmaid’s Tale takes the reader a while to digest it on February 19, 2020It took me a while to digest Margaret Atwood’s novel The Handmaid’s Tale. When I first start reading this novel, I had no clue what world I was about to discover and let me tell you it was all doom and gloom. The storyline was disturbing and stayed with me for days. The Canadian author […]
Norwegian Wood — sadness that moves you on February 27, 2019“No truth can cure the sorrow you feel from losing a loved one.” Sad but true! The novel is based upon young people who have to deal with vicissitudes of life. The author narrates the story of dilemma of youngsters in this novel, who fail to make a seamless transition to adulthood, ultimately life takes […]
Failure: a stepping stone towards success on August 11, 2018How many times have you come across the word failure? It is not an uncommon word and familiarity with this word can be seen on the faces of many people these days. What is failure? One fails when one is not recognised for their endeavour because a desirable outcome or goal is not achieved. Why […]
Distance education in Pakistan on August 21, 2016“The world is a click away” is the phrase that aptly defines the concept of a globalised world, in which countries and people are interconnected by communication technologies. The communication technologies — radio, television, print media, Internet, cellular phones — provide access to the flow of information around the world. The world is rapidly changing, […]
Ramazan diaries: women versus men? on July 4, 2016RamaZan is a month where the Muslim community fasts from dawn to dusk with an aim to celebrate countless blessings by the Almighty Allah. A few days ago before the rainstorm that hit the country, I was having a discussion with my friends about how the hot weather had made fasting difficult for people at […]
Mobile Internet revolution helps businesses on May 26, 2016You are out of office, and you receive a call from your manager asking you to email an important document on an urgent basis. You love reading, but unfortunately, there is no library in your vicinity; your customer lives in another city and wishes to see the new collection of jewellery that has arrived at […]
Climate change: a serious issue for Pakistan on May 14, 2016Climate Change is a serious global challenge. The impacts are being visible in the form of natural calamities and catastrophes, which is badly affecting human lives around the world. Deforestation, melting glaciers, rise in sea level and rapid urbanisation all contribute to climate change. There is little doubt that pollution, industrialisation and deforestation have added […]
Dont throw, recycle it! on April 21, 2016What happens when you see heaps of garbage littering the streets everywhere in Karachi? Does your heart bleed looking at the eyesores? Do you feel like doing something that can clean all the garbage you see on streets, alleys, and in fact, all across your city? Unfortunately, in a city like Karachi, heaps of garbage […]