Author praised for promoting love, tolerance
By Tariq Siyal ISLAMABAD: Writers, academics and intellectuals of the twin cities praised the contribution of Khadim Hussain Soomro in
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Literature
Sadequain’s drawing book published
The California-based Sadequain Foundation has published the 25th book on the 34th anniversary of the legendary artist, poet and intellectual.
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Pedagogy of the Oppressed at fifty
The 50th anniversary edition of Pedagogy of the Oppressed was released in 2018 from Bloomsbury, with commentary from Noam Chomsky and other notables. Also in 2018, Bloomsbury published a student guide to Freire’s text. This year, Bloomsbury marked the English language anniversary of Pedagogy of the Oppressed by publishing an anthology of critical perspectives on the book. This essay was first published on Jstor Daily, a digital magazine.
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State sovereignty and international law
by Dr Ishtiaq Ahmed Contemporary states are territorial entities whom international law invests with sovereign rights over their recognized territory
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Frustration and freedom under repressive politics
Leila Slimani on sex and ethics of women’s liberation in Morocco By Leïla Slimani When, in the summer of 2014, I published
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Yak herding is vanishing in Upper Mustang. So are the yaks.
Amid geopolitical concerns, a changing climate and the increasing intrusion of the modern world, young nomads are abandoning their traditional
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How capitalism drives cancel culture
Beware of splashy corporate gestures when they leave existing power structures intact. by Helen Lewis Tumbrels are rattling through the streets
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History of human violence explains how society shaped killing
‘Most parts of the world are safer than ever before. But a few are probably the most violent that human
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Faiz, India and protest
Faiz’s ‘Hum Dekhenge’ has continued to inspire activists for decades. Why do the leftist poet’s words continue to resonate today?
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Ali Shir Navayi and the rich world of Turkic-Persian poetry
Ali Shir Navayi a Turkic poet, writer, politician, linguist, and mystic, was the greatest representative of Chagatai literature and left a lasting impact on Central Asian
Read MoreMubarak Wakhani: Yumgan’s Leonardo da Vinci
https://youtu.be/Z-k1BlHYpXc Yumgan Wakhani Museum is a treasure trove of artefacts, pottery, musical instruments and various objects invented by or remained
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Book: Tribes of the Hindoo Koosh
British colonial officer John Biddulph’s book is considered as one of the pioneering works in English that provided an insight to
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The Pamirian Languages: Between Past and Future
The case of the Shughni language by Farman Ali The Pamirian languages are spoken by people in Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Gilgit-Baltistan
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Google celebrates Manto’s birthday with a doodle
There was an uncanny similarity between the lives of Pushkin and Manto, writes Raza Naeem. Both were largely unrecognised in their
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Remembering Antonio Gramsci
By Lorenzo Alfano Antonio Gramsci died on April 27, 1937, after eleven years in fascist prisons. We remember his revolutionary life
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