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: In the same way that the British cited terrorism as the reason why India was
Dr. Mubashir Hasan On Kashmir, Bhutto, Etc. (Video)
From DesPardes archive: Kashmir, Bhutto, “If I’m assassinated”, Benazir, PPP: Dr. Mubashir Hasan shared his views with Irshad Salim. Mr. Mubashir Hasan was in Washington/Virginia then -he had telephonic talk
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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.” This is what Refaat Alareer wrote on my copy of the short story anthology he
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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 my father passed away, I received a call from an old college friend of his.
The Logic of Austerity
Dillon Wamsley in Phenomenal World: In the aftermath of 2008, the pace at which capitalist states moved from bailouts and stimulus policies to fiscal belt tightening was jarring. No less
Pakistan: Growing Weed Instead of Tree
IRSHAD SALIM: A note from my diary Jhatke Pe Jhatka (Shock & Awe): A free and fair elections was held in 1971. It was free for sure, observers say. However,
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, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, when Rosa Parks declined to cede her seat in the white
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TWO Videos on Palestine, Ukraine
IRSHAD SALIM: TWO years ago (in Feb2022) I commented on the Ukraine issue –using a Russian-French commercial video advertisement of a car. It may not have relevance with the situation.
Victims of Our Own Narrative
Markets in Pakistan should be allowed to generate profits, but not at the expense of the customer Zafar Masud writes in Dawn: Shiller, a Yale-based behavioral economist, argues that markets
What You Need to Know About Vitamin C, Vitamin B, Turmeric, and Fish Oil/Omega-3
Avery Hurt in Discover Magazine: Taking supplements has been a popular health trend for the last few years. Drug store shelves are filled with dozens of different options that come in
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The Cause of Depression Is Probably Not What You Think
“Genetic studies also seemed to rule out any connection between genes affecting serotonin levels and depression, even when the researchers tried to consider stress as a possible cofactor.” Joanna Thompson
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Hanif Kureishi: Accident ‘Completely Eradicated’ Sense of Self and Privacy
Author says he had to adjust to ‘becoming another person’ after injuries in Boxing Day fall last year Jane Clinton in The Guardian: Hanif Kureishi has spoken candidly of how
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