Month: January 2024
Contact With ET Within 20 Years
by Marcus Chown in New Scientist in 2004: “If intelligent life exists elsewhere in our…
Americans Are Not As Poor As They Think They Are
by Thomas R. Wells: Americans dominate global (social) media and one result of this is…
In a way, Bengal was Britain’s Gaza
Insurgency then and now: British India’s rebels and Israel’s Hamas Arpan Roy writes in Dawn:…
A 1-Litre Bottle Of Water Contains Some 240,000 Plastic Fragments: Study
Nanoplastics pose a greater threat to human health than microplastics because they’re small enough to…
Dr. Mubashir Hasan On Kashmir, Bhutto, Etc. (Video)
From DesPardes archive: Kashmir, Bhutto, “If I’m assassinated”, Benazir, PPP: Dr. Mubashir Hasan shared his…
Palestine Is a Story Away: A Tribute to Refaat Alareer
Mosab Abu Toha in the Los Angeles Review of Books: “Palestine is a story away.”…
Leftists, Progressives Team Up With Islamists to Oust Bhutto. ‘It Was a Foolish Idea’.
Nadeem F Paracha in SMOKERS’ CORNER: THE BANDWAGON LEFT: On October 9, 2009, the day…
The Logic of Austerity
Dillon Wamsley in Phenomenal World: In the aftermath of 2008, the pace at which capitalist…
Pakistan: Growing Weed Instead of Tree
IRSHAD SALIM: A note from my diary Jhatke Pe Jhatka (Shock & Awe): A free…
Break Every Chain: How Black Plaintiffs in the South Sought Justice
Max Krupnick in Harvard Magazine: MOST AMERICAN SCHOOLCHILDREN learn about one Southern bus ride—on December 1,…
TWO Videos on Palestine, Ukraine
IRSHAD SALIM: TWO years ago (in Feb2022) I commented on the Ukraine issue –using a…
Victims of Our Own Narrative
Markets in Pakistan should be allowed to generate profits, but not at the expense of…