Author: DPstaff
Civil Society’s Proper Place
Lee Siegel at The Ideas Letter: Consider the recent trend of “The Great Resignation” and…
The Keys to a Long Life Are Sleep and a Better Diet—and Money
Nobel Prize–winning biologist Venki Ramakrishnan explores the science and charlatans of life-extension. Matt Reynolds in Wired:…
Geopolitical Turbulence and Iran-Pakistan Pipeline
Dawn Editorial: WHILE U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Donald Lu’s recent testimony before a Congressional…
Of Monkeys and Men: The Extraordinary Life and Work of Frans de Waal
Lawrence M. Krauss in Quillette: Frans de Waal, one of the world’s preeminent primatologists, passed…
Breaking Down Barriers to Women’s Land Rights Starts in Our Homes
Nearly 30 years ago, in 1990s, I became a landowner for the first time in…
Monday Poem: “Damn!” By César A Gonzalez
Sometimes he’d be washing the car. . . all by himselfand he’d say, “Damn!”or sweeping…
Demystifying China
Maleeha Lodhi at Dawn: Western paranoia about China is frequently reflected in the Western media….
Some of the Greatest Scientific Hoaxes
Eleanor Harris in New Scientist: The history of science is replete with frauds and fakers –…
Aankhon Ko Visa Nahi Lagta By Gulzar
Blast from the past: Gulzar pens a beautiful ode to Mehdi Hasan, and remembers Ahmed…
Maniza Naqvi on Saving Karachi’s Oldest Bookstore
Maniza Naqvi at Literary Hub: Back in December 2016, I was sitting in my office…
The Public Sector Will Look Very Different in the Next Several Years
Demographic shifts will shape tomorrow’s public sector as the global population is aging, and Gen…
‘Organising is the Best Kind of Antidepressant’
The activists, who first met at Occupy Wall Street in 2011, talk about the limits…