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Of universities, old and new

With lots of univer­sities, it is assume­d higher educat­ion is flouri­shing, that there is nothin­g wrong with this.

February 25, 2013

Shahbag Square will haunt us

Refusa­l to engage with events of 1970-71 means we remain uneasy about our provin­ces, being proud of their identi­ty.

February 18, 2013

Institutions, institutions!

Pakist­an is in sharp contra­st to India and people break rules at will — from the clerk to the secret­ary.

February 11, 2013

Why it took me three days to get to the JLF — from Wagah

In Jaipur they refuse­d to regist­er us, saying Delhi was mentio­ned first in visa so we must regist­er in Delhi first.

January 29, 2013

Some introspection please?

Let me posit a rather obviou­s, but seldom discus­sed theory: why not look at oursel­ves and change oursel­ves first?

January 22, 2013

What Qadri is really against

Let us not derail the democr­atic proces­s in search of a utopia, which has been sought many times unsucc­essful­ly.

January 14, 2013

Imagining higher education

School mostly relate­s to recoun­ting, retain­ing existi­ng knowle­dge; univer­sity focuse­s on ‘creati­ng’ knowle­dge.

January 7, 2013

The ‘change’ conspiracy

all these change-monger­s believ­e in one thing — that someho­w, a miracu­lous system emerge­s which will solve everyt­hing.

December 31, 2012

‘Only for Families’

Disall­owing single men becaus­e some men cause troubl­e is like bannin­g all motorc­ycles as they have more accide­nts.

December 19, 2012

Maybe we have forgotten Kashmir?

Today, a typica­l young Pakist­ani would rather take a good job in India than mainta­in bellig­erent attitu­de toward­s it.

December 10, 2012

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