Sunday, January 19, 2025

The Agony about “Ecstasy”

Talking to the media, Col (Retd) Syed Akhtar Abbas, Director Legal of the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF), confirmed the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) probe...

Feudalism Stunts Democracy

The historian Marc Bloch defined "feudal society" as a warrior aristocracy bound by vassalage. A lord was a noble who held land, the land...

Leader-Shedding, Not Loadshedding

A friend of mine who chooses to remain un-named forwarded an SMS message presently roaming the ether, to quote "A question in the minds...

Arab Spring and UAE

"A single spark can start a prairie fire." ...

Simmering Kashmir

Democratic freedom that India prides itself has been missing from the IHK since 1947. The voice of Kashmiris has always been portrayed as a...

Indian Military Expansion 2020

AbstractIndia is economically one of the fastest growing nations in the world and if this high growth rate can be sustained then it can...

Theirs But to Do and Die

With the launching of the Indian counter-stroke at Lahore-Kasur front on the morning of 6th September 1965, neutralisation of the PAF should have been...

To Leave or not to Leave

In a 1.3 million strong Indian army, there is a discrepancy about the date of birth of one officer. In Military Secretary’s (MS) branch...

Snow Temple

I died in pure white snowIcy handsIcy toesFrozen tear decorated my cheeks,Like crystal clear beadsAlways coldAlways alone Pure White Death by Raven (1) On April 06,...

The Universe Science & God

“Soon shall We show them Our signs in the universe and in their own selves, until it becomes clear to them that this Qur'an...