From Conflict to Clout? Pakistan’s Geopolitical Manoeuvring After Operation Sindoor
The May 2025 India-Pakistan military confrontation, triggered by Operation Sindoor, has unexpectedly bolstered Pakistan’s strategic position rather than weakening it. While India miscalculated Islamabad’s…
Sticky wicket: Why cricket is a lot like sex
Something primal and deep is at work. And could be linked to the most cherished South Asian male sexual fantasies. Many years ago, Dr…
Why fanatics of today would not have spared Kabir
The murders of rationalists and threats to writers, negate what was achieved through centuries of cross-cultural exchange and intellectually robust reformist movements. “Friend You…
Why India, Pakistan treat their Nobel laureates shamefully
There is a common thread of undervaluing our achievers; and looking at ideas, values and contributions from the jaundiced lens of partisan politics. In…
Will Peshawar attack change Pakistan’s policy on terror?
Pakistan’s predicament is a sad tale of domestic Islamist identity enmeshed with the regional dynamics. The latest strike by the Pakistani branch of the…