Author: DPstaff

Why Modern Medicine Can’t Work Without Stories

Polly Morland in The Guardian: Most of us over the age of 30 can remember the…

Mountains Hidden by Clouds: A Conversation with Anuradha Roy

Pankaj Mishra at Paris Review: I met the novelist Anuradha Roy in Delhi in the…

HARD TALK on Pakistani Pyrotechnic Team Winning in Moscow (Video)

IRSHAD SALIM — Pakistani pyrotechnic team won the top slot in a major competition on…

Karachi: Malaysia Has Certified Rain as Halal!

IN KARACHI “water provision is “more lucrative than drugs”…competition for control of the city’s water…

How Some People React With Statues (Pics)

Curated by Irshad Salim, Karachi (Aug. 16, 2022)

Tropic of Cancer: Guangzhou Then and Now

THEN: Guangzhou, the port city in southern China, in the late 18th century. Because of…

The Untold History of the Biden Family

Relatively little has been known about the President’s father, whose story reveals a family’s fraught…

‘Independence Day’: With Hooligans on Roads, Without Rule of Law, Civility (Videos)

ANWAR ABBAS — Since my childhood, celebrating ‘Independence Day’ was always the most fascinating event….

Feeling is the Secret (1944)

Written in 1944, Feeling Is the Secret resounds with the full power of Neville Goddard’s…

Pak Sar Zameen Shad Badh: What Does It Mean (Video)

What does our national anthem mean in our national language Urdu, as the lyric is…

Images That Could Be Album Covers

Story in pictures — could be album or book covers… FEATURED VIDEO: Curated by Irshad…

Najane Kab: THIS Pic, the Song, and Jinnah’s Words (Video)

PS: Back in Riyadh in 2013, I met two officers and gentlemen with whom I…