Simon & Garfunkel’s The Sound of Silence (Video)
Shared by Khalid Sharif, London: I often wondered why the lyrics say “Hello darkness my old friend." Here’s the story...
Month: May 2022
In Europe, Modi Overcomes Ukraine Challenge
From Foreign Policy South Asia Brief: From the moment Russia invaded Ukraine in February, the war has presented a challenge...
‘White Paper Of a Family’
Abstract from Book “Capitalism’s Achilles Heel” by Raymond W. Baker: In 1938, Sharif father along with six brothers set up...
Why the Wheels of Human History Seemed to Turn Faster For Some
James Kwak in The Washington Post: Homo sapiens have big brains. We use those brains to develop new technologies, which enable...
The Economist Who Believes That Human Ingenuity Will Save the World
Oded Galor’s ‘Sapiens’-like history of civilization predicts a happy ending for humanity. But should we trust him? David Shariatmadari in...
TWO VIDEOS On Communicating
The quality of communication can erode with too many layers: Just as is happening with advent of the social media...
Harmonium Rocks (Video)
Tajdar e haram: A soulful performance by a street singer with harmonium (also called Reed Organ) in Islamabad: https://youtu.be/VOgcQUCxhRU A...
Global Systemic Transition Has Accelerated Using ‘Arsenal of Democracy’ (Video)
What all of this means is that the global systemic transition will in all likelihood become a lot bloodier and...
Khan Was An Experiment That Went Wrong?
AYESHA SIDDIQA thinks so. She is author of Military Inc., an insightful book on military-business (MILBUS) in Pakistan -her observations...
Language, Identity, and Pakistani Writing in English
by Claire Chambers: Language has an important role to play in national identity. One only has to think about the...
