Stories from Shamshad Ahmad
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The world after 9/11
It seems the region is fast approaching a period of change with potential upheaval.
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Our ‘prodigal sons’
Fixated as we are in our colonial mentality, we always look enviously at foreign passport-holders as our ‘assets’.
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Monsoon and geopolitics
No other region in world today is as volatile, unstable as South Asia with its longstanding India-Pakistan conflict.
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Showing face in politics
Male or female politicians, in order to remain elegant and sophisticated, must avoid overstated looks, extravagance.
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Democracy strikes back
Democracy has now struck back with real vengeance; this time, throwing out the entire ruling political hierarchy.
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Tale of our ‘democracy’
Instead of remaining consistent in democracy, we have been experimenting with distorted forms of government.