World

The Fire That’s Burning Tibet

By Sweety Sinha: With the visit of the Chinese premier Li Keqiang, speculations are high among the foreign policy analysts that it will be a breakthrough trip amid the recent border standoff. Focus on economic collaborations seems to take the centrestage. In this highly speculative

Education,World

The Role Of Youth In Africa’s Changing Educational System

By Joyce Del Rosario: In the past, African culture was such that education served as a rite of passage; not the preparation for adulthood that is now. When the European settlers introduced education into African society, it was done with a goal of making Africa

World

Venezuela’s New President, Nicolas Maduro: A Chavez Incarnate Or A Man With A Plan?

By Pradyut Hande: Amidst the prevailing air of political volatility, Nicolas Maduro was formally sworn in as the new President of Venezuela; beating the opposition candidate in Henrique Capriles Radonski by a mere 1.8% or 300,000 votes. He succeeds the late Hugo Chavez who succumbed

World

How To Flee Successfully And Other Tips: Lessons Learnt From General Pervez Musharraf

By Spandan Ghose Chowdhury: Lawyers shouted, "Look who’s running! Musharraf is running!" as Mr. Musharraf fled from the court. During the previous week, the most humorous drama in Pakistan in the recent times started with the announcement in the Islamabad High Court to arrest Pervez

World

A Small Voice, Big Dreams: Malala’s Tale Of Resilience

By Rhea Kumar: “I have the right to play. I have the right to sing. I have the right to talk. I have the right to go to the market. I have the right to speak. I don’t mind if I have to sit on

Politics,World

An Open Letter To All Political Parties Of Pakistan

To, The representatives of the political parties of Pakistan, We would like to offer our respect to you for your continuous efforts towards building a people's government in Pakistan. In fact, in spite of various tide and ebbs in the long span of time and

World

The Shahbag Movement: Why It’s Important To India

By Mr. Nupur Das: When the entire nation was glued to the T.V. screens watching the India-Australia cricket test match series and even the ‘mainstream media’ was a bit ignorant about it the country’s neighbor on its eastern front erstwhile East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) was undergoing a historical

Specials,World

A Nuclear North Korea And America’s Imperialistic Interests

By Rohit Sachdeva: With a strong condemnation from G8 countries (US, Britain, Germany, Italy, Japan and Canada) on the missile activities in North Korea, Pyongyang is again faced with the hindrance in her defence conspiracies but this time the warning has come from the group

Society,World

Of FEMEN and Muslimah Pride: Racism vs. Reform?

By Fawaz Shaheen: Last week FEMEN, the self-proclaimed “naked shock troops of feminism” carried out the International Topless Jihad Day. The immediate cause was supposed persecution of their Tunisian member known as “Amina” after she posted topless pictures decrying morals on the net. The larger,

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