Articles Archive for August 2011
News & Politics »
The biased textbooks prevalent in the country’s public schools are, at best, miseducating the millions of students who study them. Is the much-heralded 18th Amendment the solution?
People, Q & A »
“The new legislation aims to encourage children to question and not be indoctrinated,” says Naheed Durrani, who was the secretary of education until recently.
Fashion, Lifestyle »
A new wave has swept the Pakistan fashion scene: T-shirts that are fun, artsy and have some element of Pakistani culture on or about them.
Opinion, Speaker's Corner »
Mushtaq Panjwani laments the fact that most Pakistanis spend their lives whining about anything and everything instead of looking at the positive side of life.
News & Politics »
Female genital mutilation is not simply the stuff of African horror stories: it is an existing practice in Pakistan.
Arts & Culture, Books »
Yashpal’s This Is Not That Dawn records the partition of the subcontinent through the trauma, hopes and rising expectations of a multitude of characters who lived through it.
Arts & Culture »
Working with a scant narrative, Upbeatables came across as a medley of dances, but the energy of the dancers was mind-blowing.
News & Politics »
Vulnerable and under excessive pressure, housekeeping crews in major hotels face an ongoing battle against sexual harassment by guests.
Arts & Culture, Books »
The Imperfectionists is a profoundly funny, bittersweet take on the newspaper business and those working in it.
News & Politics, Opinion, Viewpoint »
Mumbaikars on the war path…Khar on a peace mission…and Bollywood heroes on a quest to bond.
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