Iqbal’s Iqbal on November 7, 2017How do you interpret the plot of the poem ‘Iblees and Gibrael’? asked my professor in the Urdu literature and language class at New York University (NYU). I don’t know if we are reading Iqbal this month as a result of coincidence or the palimpsest nostalgia of overseas Pakistanis, regardless it is a provocative experience […]
Vicious circle of empowerment on October 31, 2017Empowering women does not mean one has to create complexes in men. That would create a decades long movement to create perfect gender equality. Empowerment is about evolving as a human being. It doesn’t mean one has to create another kind of sexism. This was said by the well known Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut who […]
Unpacking extremism on October 24, 2017Rise of religious extremism in Pakistan is one of the most discussed topics of the 21st century on national and international platforms. Academic and scholarly circles are making efforts to develop a comprehensive understanding of the framework of this extremism and the actors involved in it. This includes the Pakistani State, Islamic clerics, educational institutions, […]