Withering sense of belonging on March 14, 2019In the modern age, the existential conundrum of belonging and identity hasplagued many of us, especially those who are struggling to live a meaningful life. Hundreds of thousands of us whose basic rights are denied are facing this existential conundrum; who and what we are,where we belong to, where we want to go to, and […]
Beware of your increasing zoosadism! on February 15, 2019Social fragmentation leads to the prevalence of tribal moral dynamics. An individual or a group of individuals in such a society tend to engage in the tribal morality based on the struggle for survival, and this very struggle for survival forces them to develop brutal and violent traits. So, in the whole fabric of a […]
Let the leopards live, please! on February 8, 2019In Galiat, the mountainous region in northern Pakistan, it is not very uncommon for a clamour to suddenly arise, disturbing the calmness of the whole village. Someone shouts in the local Potohari accent: “Pakro cheetah maaribakrighinnigia je” (Help, the leopard has taken away my goat.) The hysterical shouting awakens the whole village, and hearing it, […]