English is not the language of majority of Pakistanis on April 2, 2018Dear friends, who insist on organising events conducted mostly in English in Pakistan, have you ever considered that by choosing English as your medium of communication, you are automatically alienating the vast majority of the Pakistani public? I have seen this happening at events that were supposedly targeted at poor and lower-middle-class communities. I have […]
Here’s how the rich kids have it easy on March 21, 2018It is amazing how often I see mediocre rich kids being given jobs — in academia and the development sector especially — just because they know how to talk the talk and walk the walk, because they know the right people and went to the right schools. This is despite them being completely out of […]