The plight of the regional languages on October 25, 2016Calling these beautiful languages ‘regional’ not only limits their outlook it is an insult to their very existence. It disparages the collective wisdom that these languages have carried through thousands of years, within scores of generations. A piece of news that went viral on social media a few days ago caught attention of many, who […]
On state ideology, identity and national anxieties on September 1, 2016Pakistan’s existence is an inimitable phenomenon of the 20th century. The circumstances in which it was made, and the political expediency exercised in the engineering of its state narratives in its formative years all but point to the fact that it had been a creation beyond ordinary. Perhaps that is the reason why the argument […]