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Happy Thanksgiving Home & Abroad

DPstaff December 1, 2024December 2, 2024

Irshad Salim: 16 years ago (circa 2008) I flew from NJ to KHI on Etihad –after a hiatus of almost 6 yrs. The feeling was kinda homecoming. … Continue readingHappy Thanksgiving Home & Abroad

The Cult of Haruki Murakami

DPstaff December 1, 2024December 1, 2024

How did a demure jazz-club owner become a global literary sensation and a perennial Nobel Prize contender? … Continue readingThe Cult of Haruki Murakami

Will Anyone Vote for Abundance?

DPstaff December 1, 2024December 1, 2024

Thomas Hochman at The New Atlantis: Ever since Derek Thompson introduced the term “abundance agenda” in his 2022 Atlantic article “A Simple Plan to Solve All of America’s Problems,” the idea has spun

Continue reading Will Anyone Vote for Abundance?

The Wrinkles of Poverty

DPstaff November 30, 2024November 30, 2024

Habib Khan, Quetta: Typically, our Saturday café (Ex-Baldia) sessions strive to steer clear of the gloom and doom stories prevalent in the country. However, sometimes, the conversations become overwhelming, making

Continue reading The Wrinkles of Poverty

Maria Callas: The Diva’s Tragedy

DPstaff November 30, 2024November 30, 2024

Maria Callas is the latest star to be given the Hollywood treatment in a biopic, Pablo Larraín’s Maria, with Angelina Jolie in the title role. … Continue readingMaria Callas: The Diva’s Tragedy

Infinity Ghazal Beginning With Lice and Never Ending With Lies

DPstaff November 30, 2024November 30, 2024

For Hasna Henna and the Rohingya: My aunt once drew a comb through my hair steady; she wouldn’t let what feeds on blood eat my inner tree. … Continue readingInfinity Ghazal Beginning With Lice and Never Ending With Lies

تم اگر یورپ کی طرف ہجرت کرو گے

DPstaff November 30, 2024November 30, 2024

”تم اگر یورپ کی طرف ہجرت کرو گے، تو قانون کی پابندی بھی کرو گے، تم سگریٹ کے ٹوٹے زمین پر نہیں پھینکو گے، عوامی مقامات پر تمباکو نوشی نہیں

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The Cold War’s Underground University

DPstaff November 29, 2024November 29, 2024

During the Cold War, Oxford philosophers worked together to aid dissidents behind the Iron Curtain. I was one of them. … Continue readingThe Cold War’s Underground University

Poem of the Day: You Are Your Own State Department

DPstaff November 29, 2024November 29, 2024

Forever I miss my Arab father’s way with mint leaves floating in a cup of sugared tea—his delicate hands arranging rinsed figs on a plate. … Continue readingPoem of the Day: You Are Your Own State Department

How to Excape From a Maze

DPstaff November 29, 2024November 29, 2024

Assume you know nothing about the First World War, but had heard the name and wish to learn about it. Reasonably, you turn to… … Continue readingHow to Excape From a Maze

Why Climate Summit Keeps Failing

DPstaff November 28, 2024November 28, 2024

“All this means we are still looking at a future with global warming above 3˚C,” say climate scientist Mark Maslin… … Continue readingWhy Climate Summit Keeps Failing

When Emperors Become Endnotes

DPstaff November 28, 2024November 28, 2024

Everything fades so quickly, turns into legend and soon oblivion covers it. And those are the ones who shone. The rest—‘unknown… … Continue readingWhen Emperors Become Endnotes

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