Shot-circuited !

Credit: TOI: Who would have thought patriarchy could come in the way of the rehabilitation of female drug users? In Manipur, it does Esther lives in Churachandpur , around 65 km from Imphal, the capital of Manipur . She is what is referred to, in technical parlance , as a […]

The problem in public life isn’t Islam, but religion itself

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/doug-saunders/the-problem-in-public-life-isnt-islam-but-religion-itself/article2342413/ Doug Saunders We always knew it could happen: A devout Muslim heads a conservative political party that takes office in a multicultural Western country, then leads a campaign to enforce mandatory prayer and to lobby for religious-based values and laws. How will people react? Well, it happened in Britain […]

Black coats and blacker faces

Whilst democracy as practiced by the present dispensation ekes out its revenge upon the Pakistani nation, accompanied by the contempt held, not only for the Supreme Court of the land but for the people at large, an unhealthy segment of the national mindset is sinking into the national sewerage system. […]