Shahabnama: A Treasure of Incredible Incidents on May 16, 2022In the late 20th century, Qudratullah Shahab remained a controversial figure because of his alleged role in the undemocratic activities that took place in Pakistan. Some believed him to be a distinguished and well-meaning civil servant, while others cast sceptical glances at him and blamed him for harm to democracy in 20th century Pakistan. So […]
Challenges Ahead for the New PM on April 29, 2022With Shahbaz Sharif elected as prime minister on April 11– two days after the ouster of Imran Khan through the no-confidence vote–those who had become fed-up with lofty promises and political rhetoric might be relieved at the fact that they would no longer have to hear his hollow pledges of creating a Naya and corruption-free […]
Seeing Through Rhetoric: Animal Farm on January 20, 2022Animal farm authored by George Orwell in 1945 is an allegorical novella written in satire. It depicts the animals’ overthrow of their owner and establishing their control over the farm to live freely and happily; contrary to that, they fall to outright corruption and abject slavery even in their own rule. Set in the countryside […]
Poor State of Education on August 12, 2021The Covid wave, among other things, has affected our education system badly, most of which already was in a state of shambles. Educational institutions have been shut down various times during Covid outbreak. Thus, it is imperative examine the sorry state of education in Pakistan. Despite the fact that education is indispensable for social development, […]
Artists need our assistance! on July 16, 2021Art serves as a vehicle for the expression of inner feelings and emotions. It is through art that man gives voice and shape to things that cannot be explained otherwise. Thus art helps man explore new aspects of life. Although art is such an important field, we have unfortunately lost its value. It’s significance has […]
The Broken Wings — an account of tragic love story in an orthodox society on December 15, 2020No one can deny the fact that it is often hard or rather impossible to forget one’s first love. Though man’s feelings keep changing from time to time in accordance with their social milieu, forgetting someone you were attracted to for the first time is very difficult. It leaves an indelible impact on one’s life; […]
Kot Diji Fort — a tourist site in upper Sindh on November 15, 2020Sindh, like other provinces of Pakistan, has a plenty of historic sites to attract tourism. It is home to one of the oldest civilization of the world, the Indus valley civilization. To explore the historic and tourist sites of Sindh, I along with a few friends took a tour of the upper Sindh and visited […]
Rape cases and finding deterrents to them on September 24, 2020Morals and ethics are declining; corruption of them continues to constantly ravage societies all over the world. But here in our country with each passing day we seem to be transcending moral and ethical lines. Despite our hallow claims of being a civilised nation, general malaises such as sexual harassment and abuse and sectarian violence […]
Evening Shadows is an anthology of beautiful poems on September 1, 2020Evening Shadows is the first anthology of poems by Dr Waheed Jatoi. Dr Waheed Jatoi is a prominent poet and litterateur from Sindh and is serving as Deputy Director at Sindhology. He holds a PhD in English literature. The topic of his doctoral thesis is an analysis and evaluation of mystical and philosophical aspects of […]
A trip to Ruritania on December 10, 2019Seldom are novels written that come up to readers’ expectations and succeed in captivating their attention. Such novels keep the person, who reads them under their spell for the rest of their life; among them The Prisoner of Zenda occupies a sui generis place. The Prisoner of Zenda written by prolific writer Anthony Hope Hawkins […]