On Buddha, Silence and Impermanence
The celebrated artiste Vidya Rao from Delhi has sent this tender and profound letter after reading my post on destruction of Buddhas in Swat (and the painting that…
New US Administration And Indo-Pak Relations; Is There A Way Forward?
Raza Rumi shares key insights on impact of prospective Biden administration on foreign front, especially in South Asian context, Indo-Pak stalemate and nationalism, and…
Pakistan moves 25 places on World Happiness Index, ranks highest in South Asia
Happiest nation of South Asia, Pakistan, on the latest World Happiness Rankings moved 25 places and ranked 67th out of the total 156 countries…
On social justice and immigrants in America. (Part 1)
My talk on Social Justice and immigrants in America. I discuss the example of China. The Chinese diaspora emerged as a key driver for…
Is India To Blame For Dinosaur Extinction?
The extinction of Dinosaurs is a mystery or perhaps it was, as a recent study claims to have found the answers! The Researchers in…
Mohammad bin Salman’s Pakistan visit a major boost for Pakistan economy
Mohammad bin Salman’s visit to Pakistan has been a major boost to Pakistan’s economy. Investment worth 14bn dollars has been promised by the Saudi…
Murtaza Solangi And Muhammad Ziauddin Discuss MBS Visit, Pulwama Attack
Journalists Murtaza Solangi and Muhammad Ziauddin sat down to discuss Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman’s visit to Pakistan, the Pulwama Attack which has…
Raza Rumi on Americas interest in peace in Pakistan
Raza Rumi’s analysis on American interest in Afghanistan and Pakistan. According to Raza, a stable Afghanistan and Pakistan is in the interest of America…
Raza Rumi on the conspiracy theories on taliban peace talks
Raza Rumi’s analysis on the peace talks with taliban. Rumi says that in wake of US withdrawl from Afghanistan, different groups and countries have…
Lifting ban on Basant a good move, says Raza Rumi
Raza Rumi appreciates governments recent move to uplift ban on basant that will restore thousands of years old festival. The basant festival is surrounded…
Story of a brutal, cold-blooded murder
Jamal Khashoggi entered Saudi Consulate in Turkey and never returned! Khashoggi entered the Saudi Consulate on October 2, while his fiancè waited outside. The…
Forget the world, militias are a threat to Pakistan
Sherin Zada/AP Photo The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an international watchdog, is all set to place Pakistan on its watch list this summer.…
Asma Jahangir is no more — but her formidable legacy lives on
It will take some time to accept that Asma Jahangir has gone silent. That she is not at the centre of Pakistan’s political discourse.…
Young Pashtuns have shown the mirror to ‘mainstream’ Pakistan
A stage is set up in Islamabad during the protest demanding justice for Naqeebullah Mehsud.— Photo by Shakeel Qarar This past fortnight Pakistan witnessed…
The Sound of Data Darbar
NEW YORK, May 6, 2017 — Me and classical singer Tahira Syed. We explore Lahore’s, and arguably Pakistan’s, cornerstone of Sufism, the shrine of…
Some thoughts on indigenous peoples
Last week, I visited the National Museum of American Indian, New York. Thereafter, I posted a few tweets. Sharing them here below. Grateful to…
Miniature Painting Goes Global
Steeped in the past, and yet, modernist in its application, neo miniature is the new face of Pakistani miniature painting and art. Having evolved…
Raza Rumi Talk at Cornell on 16th December remembering Peshawar School Attack
My talk at Cornell University back in December 2015 – remembering the Peshawar School attack. The 2014 attack on the Army Public School acted…
‘Blasphemy laws have become an instrument of malicious motives’
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) in its new report On Trial: the Implementation of Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws, has documented the widespread fair trial violations…
A corridor to a closer Sino-Pakistani alliance?
Chinese influence in South and Central Asia is set to expand through the much-hyped China-Pakistan Economic Corridor just as the United States draws down…