Author: dp2021

Transgenders Julie, Mannat and Sapna (Video)

IRSHAD SALIM — A few transgenders I had met at a markaz (marketplace) in Islamabad…

Political Cartoons Weekending April 24, 2022

Best political cartoons pick weekending April 24, 2022: More here.

A Move to Undermine the Anachronistic Veto Powers in the Security Council Gains Traction

The five permanent members (P5) of the UN Security Council (UNSC) – UK, US, France,…

Nuclear Deterrence and Russia’s War in Ukraine

By Robin Wright for The New Yorker: In his Nobel Peace Prize speech, in 1991,…

Blue Dress and Tosha Khana

IRSHAD SALIM – Imran Khan has successfully Oscar Tangoed the overall concept of Tosha Khana…

Artificial Intelligence is Creating a New Colonial World Order

An MIT Technology Review series investigates how AI is enriching a powerful few by dispossessing…

Rents Are Rising Everywhere in U.S. and in Australia

Rents continue to rise at the fastest pace in decades, making housing costlier than ever…

Is Covid More Dangerous Than Driving?

Benjamin Mueller in the New York Times: “We’re doing a really terrible job of communicating…

Will Russia’s Invasion Fracture the World-System?

Deglobalization by Marco D’Eramo: ‘The Russian invasion of Ukraine has put an end to the…

Pakistan’s Godfathers

TARIQ ALI: Over the Pakistani airwaves, sports commentators frequently groan that the national cricket team…

A Genius on the Wrong Side of History: Tolstoy’s Conflicts and Contradictions

Maria Rubin in The NY Review of Books: IT IS DAUNTING to write a biography of…

Western Dissent from US/NATO Policy on Ukraine is Small, Yet Censorship Campaign is Extreme

Glenn Greenwald in his Substack newsletter: If one wishes to be exposed to news, information…