Politics of Literary Space on November 5, 2021Literary space lends identity not only to the writer but also to the literary piece. Hence, it is very significant regarding our sense of belonging. English, American, Canadian and Russian writers have been writing in the spaces of their countries of origin and one could recognise them in their literature. The same has been the […]
A room of one’s own on February 26, 2021After Mary Wollstonecraft, Virginia Woolf put forward a successful feminist step in the so far non-feminist world and that too, if at all, existed only in some of the mythologies of the world. The real powerful woman was absent from the general discourse propagated by the writers of fiction and history. Woolf’s Feminist landmark brought […]
Book, not the begging bowl! on February 19, 2021Recently witnessed the slogan, “Book, not the begging bowl!” as a part of the begging containment campaign. This reminds me of the large number of beggars in every nook and corner of the country, especially the child beggars, even the baby beggars. Like me many would feel the worry about this much beggary on the […]
Mark Bracher and his solution of identity crises in education on January 31, 2021The educational instruction imparted in unmotivated ways can be more ineffective than normal and can make students feel outside the classroom even when he is inside. The teacher in the classroom has an important task to motivate his students for inculcating his knowledge among the students and making them receive information with a sense of […]
Paulo Freire and shift in 21st century education in Pakistan on December 4, 2020There has never been a satisfactory response to the questions about the issues in Pakistani education system. Here, the same is to be debated with reference to Paulo Freire’s proposed mode of instructing and teaching the students specially with reference to the demands and requisites of education in 21st century. The current century has posed […]
Toufiq Rafat — a Pakistani poet in essence on November 11, 2020Pakistan is born out of the womb of formerly colonized country and so is the inheritor of colonial legacy in multiple dimensions. This heritage is normally termed as postcolonialism and its manifestation in literature produced thereafter is called postcolonial literature. As such Pakistani literature in English is a continuity of postcolonial theory and literature. Since […]
Flipping lives of two generations on August 24, 2020Flipping is a South Korean novel by Eichin Chan-Lim published at Dog Ear Publishing. The story is divided into Three Parts, whereas Part 1 is mainly concerned with Jonsun with whom the story begins and part 2 is about the life of Elliana who has to undergo tragedies even when she has a happy prosperous […]
Spotlight on Pakistani diaspora poetry on July 28, 2020Moniza Alvi is one of the most recognised poets of Pakistani origin. She was born in Lahore, Pakistan but mostly grew up in Hertfordshire and, so, had ample chance of studying at the universities of York and London. Besides writing poetry, she has been instrumental in tutoring for the Poetry School. She has earned many […]
Pakistani poetry in English on July 6, 2020Pakistan and its people have inherited rich cultural heritage of poetry from the pre-partition era. This heritage included great names in Urdu and Persian poetry, like Mirza Ghalib, Momim, Dard, Mir Taqi, Mir Anees, Hali, and in a comparative modern times, Allama Mohammad Iqbal, who earned the title of national poet of Pakistan as well. […]
African postcolonial drama — ‘Dream on Monkey Mountain’ by Walcott on June 26, 2020In comparison to the Pakistani anglophone drama, African drama has evolved more culturally and politically, not only inside Africa but also in the whole postcolonial world. The names of Derek Walcott and Wole Soyinka are more glaring than others. These two writers engage the local tradition and culture of Africa and its people along with […]