Gabriel’s Wing on September 15, 2019I believe that Gabriel’s wing is a metaphor indicating the closest proximity with the Creator where even the wings of the Arch-angel burn under intense celestial light. Allama Iqbal has been my first love. As a student, while returning to Lahore from my hometown after weekends or vacations, I would not enter the city without […]
The ineffectiveness of the UN on September 8, 2019After having seen the U.N’s role in resolving Kashmir dispute and restraining Israel from its atrocities of the Palestinians, it has become seriously debatable if one can do away with the present charter of the U.N altogether and replace it with a more effective and powerful organ where vote of majority of the nations should […]
What the British did to India and Pakistan (Part-II) on September 2, 2019In my earlier review of the book “Inglorious Empire” by Shashi Tharoor, I had enumerated the salient points on which he bases his thesis, which in brief is that India was one of the richest economies of the world when the British came, but after their arrival, they acted like pirates and plundered and looted […]
What the British did to India and Pakistan (Part-I) on August 31, 2019In our days of childhood, we used to hear our elders nostalgically remembering the days of the British Raj, when the society was orderly, and there was peace justice and equality. Nobody could play foul nor usurp the rights of others. Then we heard our elders bemoan, “Everything has gone to the dogs after the […]
Our next strategy for Kashmir on August 26, 2019Thinking about Kashmir, most of our people have not yet recovered from the shock of sudden and un-abashed act of the Indian government to usurp all rights of Kashmiris on the night between 4th and 5thAugust 2019.Though it was part of the fascist agenda of BJP-RSS government but nobody had expected it to come too […]
Act of Brigandage on August 21, 2019Before 1947, the British India had 17 Provinces and 565 princely states. The Instrument of Accession was a legal document first introduced by the Government of India Act 1935 and used in 1947 to enable each of the rulers of the princely states under British paramountcy to join one of the new dominions of India […]
In quest of Happiness on August 16, 2019Socrates (b. 460 BCE) has a unique place in the history of happiness. Socrates argued that happiness being a godly quality is a rare occurrence and is reserved only for those whom the gods specially favoured. It was at the time when Greeks had a rather cynical view of human existence. The idea that one […]
The Indian Perfidy on August 10, 2019The latest development by India over the Kashmir issue is that it has scrapped a law that grants special status to Indian-administered Kashmir amid an indefinite curfew and massive troop deployment in the disputed region. The Home Minister of India told parliament on Monday that the president had signed a decree abolishing Article 370 of […]
Sadhguru: a rare phenomenon on August 4, 2019There are countless yogis and spiritual healers in India, about whom we find little mention in papers and magazines. But one yogi by the name of Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev has taken India by storm. There are numerous columns and stories about him not only in the press but also in social media, particularly on YouTube […]
The Beauty that is the Quran on July 27, 2019Quran is unique in that the reader is overwhelmed by the exquisite beauty of its language and diction, even before its exalted message breaks upon him. I am not a scholar of the Arabic language but have a little smattering of the Quranic Arabic due to my earliest training in the recitation of the Holy […]