Elevating Democracy: The Crucial Role of Youth Participation on February 27, 2024While addressing the youth, Michelle Obama once said, “You’ve got to vote, vote, vote, vote. That’s it; that’s the way we move forward.” The advice has proven valid in Pakistan as well which is evident from the election-related statistics in Pakistan. Pakistani demographics charts reveal that the young people are more in number than the […]
Modern native informants on April 1, 2022The portrayal of ‘Father Dear’ in Mohammad Hanif’s novel ‘Red Birds’ seems to be that of a ‘Native Informant’ at least at the surface level. According Spivak, the native Informants have always been there in the historical, cultural and philosophical context performing multiple and multidimensional tasks for the benefit of the foreign forces. The same […]
Audibility of Subaltern Voices from South Asia on December 3, 2021Women belonging to the formerly colonised states have been deemed as doubly colonised subalterns because of them being colonised by the foreign power and by the indigenous patriarchy, traditions, and cultural values. Women were, therefore, voiceless subalterns because mostly, the voices of their male counterparts were heard. Spivak questioned the existence of subaltern voices and […]
A 21st Century Humanities Classroom on October 14, 2021Teaching has been an art for ages. Many people have proved their worth in it, from Aristotle to modern professors. But the arrival of Covid 19 revolutionised the entire system. Now, only those with digital expertise are finding success. The excellent have been those who could influence their students even while sitting miles away in […]
Colonization in Reverse on August 12, 2021‘Colonization in Reverse’ is a borrowed title from a Bennet’s Poem, in order to portray the political condition of USA in the same way the poem portrayed the condition of England. According to the poem, the people of Jamaica have started to move towards England to settle there in huge number that they can be […]
Challenges of Post-Online Education on August 3, 2021Pakistan is one of the few countries that have fared well during Covid-19 while the pandemic is still raging at multiple points and levels. Along with many new businesses and demands of pandemic times, education has met its jeopardy because of the non-professional attitudes towards the digital online culture and a passing fancy idea about […]
Pakistani postcolonial fiction: voices of resistance on July 19, 2021Postcolonial literature is the literature of resistance, especially, with reference to the representations of the orient by the west. Postcolonial writers are the indigenous voices as representation of the indigenous, and they are, therefore, the voices of the subalterns, significantly because they are being heard. Pakistani fiction is significant in this context because the voices […]
Pandemic and online learning on June 28, 2021After the world was hit by COVID-19 last year, no mode of education has yielded fruitful results. On the contrary it has increased anxiety and frustration amongst students, teachers and parents because of poor performance and outcome. Its reason is the frequent attempts the authorities made to shift modes of education from In-person to Online […]