Quick Roundup Of 2020: Democracy On Decline, Trump Defeat And Arab-Israel Relations
In an exclusive interview with Wajahat Ahmad, Raza Rumi discusses key global issues. The year of 2020 witnessed the decline of democracy with the…
A note from Pakistan: Why Gandhi matters beyond India’s borders
A contested figure in Pakistan’s discourse, Gandhi’s ideas and humanism retain relevance for both nations Nation-states write their own histories. Pakistan is no different.…
کیا بی بی سی جانبدار رپورٹنگ کرتا ہے؟ | نیا دور | اردو
برطانوی خبر رساں ادارے بی بی سی پر یہ الزام عائد کیا جاتا ہے کہ وہ جانبدار رپورٹنگ کرتا ہے اور اس کا جھکاؤ…
Standing Up To Injustice
My talk involving human rights, minority rights and injustice.…
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…
Tahrir square eastward?
February 2011 saw the iron fist of Hosni Mubarak being wrenched open after three decades of repressive rule. During this period, the Egyptian secret…
Stop demonising China
Globally, the Tibet issue has been blown beyond belief by the media. I am compelled to ask that over one million civilians are dead…
Kosova is finally independent
The ultimate frustration of not being able to vote, sitting miles away from home, was somewhat compensated by the moving images of the Kosovo’s…
Rethinking Islam and Hinduism
S Irfan Habib in New Delhi There has been a lot of noise about rethinking in Islam, particularly post September 11,2001. I feel it…
Struggle on Many Fronts – Communists and Capitalism
Prabhat Patnaik’s “The Communists and the Building of Capitalism“, evidently an ideological and polemic-ridden article, makes some interesting points particularly in the context of…
NATO Genocide in Afghanistan?
I hold no brief for the Taliban. They have enraged the world and brought much shame to Muslims and dare I say the great…
“Globalization in the Time of Poverty”
This is how a picture has been captioned by Mayank Soofi, a talented writer in Delhi. Mayank’s photo-blog contains some interesting images. The photo…
End of the Enlightenment
This is a 2005 piece published by NewScientist.com and authored by Debora Mackenzie is an interesting read. I have often wondered where the world…