Pakistan Day: a reflection on past, present and future
Five books that students, scholars, academics and researchers who are interested in contemporary Pakistan should read, recommends Dr Ammar Ali
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Literature
Hermann Hesse on what trees teach us about belonging and life
For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers. I revere them when they live in tribes and families,
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Untangling Wakhan Quadrangle
German scholar’s latest book explores new aspects of history, culture and politics of ‘Great Game’ and expansionist designs of colonial
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The spiritual case for Socialism
A new book attempts to deepen the philosophical dimension of a revived left. By JEDEDIAH BRITTON-PURDY Making our choices count
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Knowledge as a national priority
by Waseem Altaf We were extremely poor yet we had books at home, said Ada Yonath, the 2009 Nobel laureate in
Read MoreFaiz Amn Mela ends with a call for unity of the Left to fight imperialism, war mongering
HAH Report The 27th Faiz Amn Mela concluded Sunday at the Open Air Theatre of Baagh-i-Jinnah, Lahore, marking 108th birthday
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French scholar for promotion of social solidarity, integration to meet global challenges
HAH Report Islamabad A noted French thinker has called for promotion of social solidarity and integration amid growing inequality and
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Olzhas Suleimenov on Eurasianism, internationalism and the forgotten past
This interview with Olzhas Suleimenov was initially published in 2015 in the book Art-Atmosphere of Alma-Ata, co-authored by Zitta Sultanbayeva and
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Interview: ‘Middle East, South Asia going through big change’
Qasim A. Moini VALI Reza Nasr is one of the most important voices in international relations today. Currently dean of
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How to learn a language in 15 minutes per day
How long should you practice a new language every day? We sat down with one of our linguistics experts here
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Comrade Manto – I
The iconic writer famously had a difficult relationship with the Progressive Writers Association. But Raza Naeem argues it was far
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Why artists often critique rather than endorse nationalism
Dua Abbas Rizvi Nationalism in the arts can be seen as a contradiction in terms. Paying homage to the nation
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Gabriel García Márquez remembers his dearest friend, Julio Cortázar
“I always thought that death itself seemed indecent to him.” By Gabriel García Márquez Mexico City, February 12th, 1994– I went to
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What do I risk losing by writing down my family’s stories in English?
Jamil Jan Kochai on traditions of Afghan oral storytelling By Jamil Jan Kochai Listen, Before I read Kipling or Faulkner or Pynchon,
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Biggest fiction bestsellers of the last 100 years
By Emily Temple As the year draws to a close, some of us like to look forward, and some of us backward—and
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