Author Archive: Infoeditor
Coke Studio, Pakistan
There are no billboards on the streets. For the last four years, a week or so before the new season of Coke Studio is launched, most of the important billboards in major Pakistani cities are taken up by snazzy advertisements announcing the featured artists of the season. It’s the biggest annual ad campaign for any […]
Much Ado about ‘Marri-Age’
A recent verdict of the High Court of Kerala regarding the age of marriage for girls has now been locked in ruckus. Some Muslim organizations have decided to move the Supreme Court of India with the demand for the revision of the order, which, they argue have harmful effects on those who are forced to […]
Parenting: Counsels from Kids’ Corridor
With the last embers of Summer vacation slowly dying out, our young ones are bracing themselves for schools and colleges to reopen. Some of them inboxed have us their insightful and lovingly sarcastic comments on their parents. This was not an assignment, to properly use the word. We got them to actually think about this […]
The Curious Case of Fawad Ahmad
The term cricket yardstick says we don’t play games merely on grounds. Spectators matter. So do spectators moving like waves in tune not only with each run scored but also with each moment which placates their ego. They have collective subconscious, which sets the behavioral norm of each player and determines the shapes and contours […]
Ramadan Chronicles
This Ramadan as well as in all Ramadans, renowned Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan speaks about the spirituality which we reignite and about its relevance to the whole lives on earth. Spirituality is in conversation with our day-to-day existence. His lecture goes on on each day of this month and we can listen to them both […]
Gandhi: Retrieving a Life from Cliches
Mahatma Gandhi’s life has been lined up in cliches. He carries superlatives which he deserves and does not deserve; which he knew and did not know; which he tacitly approved and vehemently discouraged and, which, above all, have been melted into the popular memory. For some, he is Mahatma-the most renowned and most widely criticized […]
Gandhi and Human Fraternity
Equality between men is an ideal. Religions, philosophies and political ideologies have made the equality of human beings the essence of their teachings, principles or systems. Individuals must be treated with equal dignity and fairness. And yet a journey through societies and nations is all it takes to convince us that we still have a […]
Non-violence: Islamic vis-à-vis the Gandhian
Does Gandhiji’s non-violence have any radical significance in the modern age? Does Islamic position on the struggle for justice, epitomized in the concept of jihad, support non-violent agitation? In the age of terrorism, which is unpredictable and exponential both in its state and anti-state manifestations, what can be a more ethical response to torture than non-violence? * Gandhi’s […]
My Faith Forms My Politics
Salma Yaqoob is a British politician: the former leader of the Respect Party, the organizer of the Birmingham Stop the War Coalition and an elected city councilor in Birmingham. Birmingham Post described her as a “doughty fighter for Birmingham’s inner city communities”. A brilliant orator, she is a regular commentator on current affairs. She was recently […]
Glastonbury & Lo, and Painting weds sounds
Glastonbury 2013: For music buffs, I update two tidings, one sad mixed with one really good. Glastonbury 2013 is under way. For those who have not heard about Glastonbury for the first time, I would like to spare the Wikipedia break by simply explaining it: The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts is a festival […]
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