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…
Raza Rumi says Pakistan do have external threats but real threat is internal terrorist organizations
Raza Rumi’s analysis on terrorism in Pakistan and why it still persists. He asserts that managing security threats inside Pakistan is more important than…
Reporters Without Borders Q and A
Raza Rumi talks about threat to press freedom across the Globe. Rumi asserts that the expanded power of Media always threatens the governments because…
Raza Rumi recalls fond memories of Mushir-ul-Hasan
Raza Rumi pays tribute to Mushir-ul-Hasan, one of the most prolific historians of our times. Author to many books, Hasan had extensively researched Indian…
Independent Media Are Vital in a World Where Oligarchies Control Information
Transcript of my interview by @brontecook1 for WICB News about the Park Centre for Independent Media, and why it’s so important for students to get involved in independent…
After the Elections: Speaking at Brown University Sept 2018
After the Elections: Speaking at Brown University Sept 2018…
Free Press, Foreign Journalists: Conversation about free speech outside the U.S.
Panelists, from right: Raza Ahmad Rumi, director of Park Center for Independent Media at Ithaca College and an editor of the Daily Times English-language…
Panelists analyze midterm election results
November 14, 2018: Panelists analyze midterm election results A panel of Ithaca College faculty members discussed the winners and effects of the recent midterm election,…
Raza Rumi on Hospitality
A Tidings conversation about hospitality, friendship and loyalty with Raza Rumi, a Pakistani journalist, blogger, author of Delhi by Heart: Impressions of a Pakistani…
Majoritarian politics in South Asia
Majoritarian Politics in South Asia is a riveting issue, and in 2018, a particularly topical one. The South Asian Studies Council was pleased to…
Introducing Barandon Smith at Ithaca College
Smith has been published in The Guardian, Al Jazeera, The Daily Beast and other publications and won the Izzy Award with activist Jamie Kalven in…
‘In My Own Words’: Did We Kill The Messenger?
October 23, 2018: ‘In My Own Words’: Did We Kill The Messenger? https://soundcloud.com/ithacan-main/in-my-own-words-did-we-kill-the-messenger All month we’ll be bringing you a little something different here at…
Park’s New Perspective
September 30, 2018: Park’s New Perspective Over the summer, Ithaca College appointed Raza Rumi, a Pakistani journalist, author, and policy analyst, as the new…
New independent media director brings international perspective
September 23, 2018: New independent media director brings international perspective When Raza Rumi went home for winter break last year, he believed he had just…
Raza Rumi talks about the US Secretary of State’s visit to Pakistan and India
CGTN’s Mike Walter spoke with Raza Rumi about the likely impact on U.S. relations with India & Pakistan of a visit by U.S. Secretary…
New Director of Park Center for Independent Media Named
September 5, 2018: New Director of Park Center for Independent Media Named Pakistani journalist, author and policy analyst Raza Rumi has been named the new director…
Vajpayee Was a Bridge Between Our Countries: A Pakistani’s Elegy
Atal Bihari Vajpayee has been viewed by Indians through all sorts of prisms. But in Pakistan, he was viewed by many as perhaps the…
Imran Khan is Pakistan’s new captain. Will he deliver?
Pakistanis on July 25 elected Imran Khan as their new prime minister. Even though the complete results have not been declared, he made a…
Kya Nawaz Sharif Hero ban chuke hain Sana Bucha Ka Raza Rumi se Sawal Public News
My analysis on Nawaz Sharif’s ouster…
Will the civilians seize the moment?
It is too early to determine whether Nawaz Sharif is seeking a structural transformation of Pakistan’s governance culture or is merely hankering for acceptability…