Pakistans colonial hangover on January 8, 2016Pakistan’s progress towards democracy can be better trailed after having accounted for the competing notions and challenges that marginalised the very nature and essential spirit of democracy in Pakistan. The first 10 years of independence brought about a wrong beginning with the ensuing fallacious democratic processes in Pakistan worseningthrough stints of protracted military rule. The […]
The Indian bourgeoisie and the coming elections on October 29, 2013In India the middle class is the byproduct of colonialism, where the initiation of the modernisation process through communication and institutions resulted in the genesis of a new nobility that was privileged and was loyal to the British. The replacement of Persian with English was a stepping stone towards modernity, which resulted in unintended consequences. […]
Politics of middle class in India on October 3, 2013As an offshoot to liberalised economy, post-1991, India is on the path of rampant economic growth. It has drifted India towards a major transition where millions of families who were entrenched in poverty have been uplifted, are now been placed in metropolis and have resulted in a new middle class. By 2025, India would achieve […]
Pakistan: the ideological paradox on July 27, 2013Pakistan is a confounding case study of the interplay of religion and politics. The nexus of religion with politics in a country with a secular framework of rule is surprising in many ways. Though constitutional engineering has been attempted time and again to make this nexus congenial, viable and adaptable, yet a rift and identity […]