Diary

How does one write about what can only be experienced? As a polity we have lost all empathy: this is...

Dr Akbar Ahmed will be writing his memoirs for TFT about his eventful life and multiple pursuits. This is the...

For a sports fan – especially individual sports – the biggest heartbreak is not your favourite player losing. It is...

In the previous article in this series, the journey from Babusar Top to Gilgit was recounted. This part of the...

Standing in the large galleries of Pakistan National College of the Arts (PNCA) in Islamabad today. Looking at the iconic...

Man has an innate tendency to gravitate towards nature. Somehow, the raw beauty of nature touches the very inner core...

Anyone familiar with desi cuisine would recognise the unique combination of spices that goes into it: zeera (cumin), turmeric (haldi),...

Retirement is that stage of life when a working person looks forward to transition from the daily grind of work...

Many remain unexposed to Karbala’s tragic story which has immeasurable spiritual weight. There is a need, now more than ever,...

There was once a beautiful lake called Karewa Lake. After a tectonic shift in the Earth’s crust, Karewa lake birthed...

A writer passes through various emotional experiences. Sometimes, there is no inspiration. Occasionally, they are not sure what to write,...

Summer always reminds me of family holidays. In our case, it was the road trip up the Grand Trunk (GT)...

In 2008, sometime in July in the monsoon weather, I was out of money for the month and my salary...

I can tell from my 30 years of experience that you have different people as friends when you are leading...

Migrants brings with them their own traditions and what we grow up with remains with us through our lives. Food...

In literature, Existentialism starts from Dostoyevsky’s famous maxim that “if God is dead then all is permitted.” Existentialism registers the...

Over the years, you might have heard plenty of philosophical mumbo-jumbo about the past: that the past is the present;...

For some years my life has been split between New York and Rawalpindi. While living in two places can make...

17 June 2021 was a sad recap of 2 December 1973, which brought the episode of the gruesome death of...

Last month, I attended an interesting series of trainings on ‘Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.’ My initial reaction was skeptical, but...

A wave of populism and majoritarianism seems to be engulfing the world. “Strong” men with demagogic tendencies armed with the...

For a nation, at any given point in time, the most dismal of fears is to know that the future...

As the end of Ramadan draws near and Eid approaches, it is my privilege to wish that this blessed time...

Troy is the legendary city of Homer’s Iliad, the location of the fabled Trojan War which provided the literary bedrock...

Dear Prime Minister, congratulations! But you have only won half the battle: in these terribly polarising times, winning the prime-ministership...

In January 2021, the grief-stricken families of the ill-fated Hazara coal miners had refused to bury the bodies of their...