In times of natural disasters, we try to put the politics aside and come together to rally around the flag. But when one studies the response to recent national disasters we have observed that politics has been turning, much more cutthroat. By Nazarul Islam United States may be grappling with crises rooted in nature, but […]
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Whenever exposed to traumas, let’s pray to our Creator, with a broken heart. He is not only the doctor who mends it, but also the father who wipes away the tears. By Nazarul Islam The consequences of a tragedy often endure long after a tragic mishap is over. Accidents happen. Our bones shatter, our skin […]
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Let us not forget that as women gain rights, families flourish, and so do societies. That connection is built on a simple truth: Whenever you include a group that’s been excluded, you benefit everyone. When you’re working globally to include women and girls, who are half of every population, you’re working to benefit all members […]
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The globalized age of multilingualism poses a cutting edge environment. There is need of proactive steps to strengthen Sindhi language as the mother tongue, lingua franca, language of trade and commerce and official language By Noor Ahmed Janjhi February 21 is celebrated as the International Mother Languages Day every year. It was started in 2000 […]
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Lots of people wait around “for the right time”. People don’t know that there is no such thing as a right time. Time is never right nor is it wrong. The only negative factor of time is that you can lose it and the only positive factor of time is that you can seize it. […]
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The color of the skin and age are no deterrents for the nation’s predominantly white police. Less than a year after the killing of a black American, George Floyd, by a white policeman, the canker of racial injustice has ignited outrage in the United States of America yet again. By Nazarul Islam Less than a […]
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The mother languages, which are organic treasures for other languages are highly ignored due to centralization, instrumentalization and monolingualism of the world A child’s mother language is its intelligence that describes its way of thinking, reasoning, understanding and doing all the tasks. By Shoukat Lohar The mother languages day is celebrated throughout the world on […]
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The sad case of Dubai’s Princess Latifa threatens widespread repercussions which could impact on Dubai’s economy and relations with the West. By Tom Arms The sad case of Dubai’s Princess Latifa threatens widespread repercussions which could impact on Dubai’s economy and relations with the West. Dubai and the tri-emirate United Arab Emirates, of which Dubai […]
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I have always thought of what my late Mom did with those cast-off peels of green, unripe mangoes…. which were processed with spices in a big jar, then left the glass jar in open sunlight. This was a metaphor for how she had dealt with her arranged marriage. She transformed those peels, with palm sugar […]
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We live in a system of structural extortion, as willing slaves. Our modern day society has transformed itself into a theater of absurdity. Here the puppeteers become kings and queens of insanity. The invisible cage of authoritarianism comes in the shape of a bottomless pyramid. The pain of “others” becomes your gain. You are encouraged […]
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