Common sense
Can a child do better with unfamiliar words?
Anjum Altaf
Thought experiment
A child who hates school is more likely to drop out.
Sense and madness
Microsense can be macromadness.
Language of instruction
The evidence is that children learn best in a language they understand well.
Upside-down world
And then, it would be time to figure out the space for the servant.
Strange economics
Here we see the politics of power and powerlessness.
Living wage
The minute we talk of raising minimum wages, howls are let loose and myriad admonitions pour forth.
Toppling statues, righting wrongs
People have a right to honour what they wish to honour. There is no call to fear that democratic choice.
The city from here
Awareness, followed by the desire to change the world, is what motivates the lovers of Faiz.
Where are the experts?
We are not even clear about the primary objective of our policy.
‘My body, my choice’
The infliction of pain on the human body is commonly viewed as a just and effective corrective.
Interrogating democracy
Democracy relies on collective wisdom to yield the best of a set of often bad choices.
Rules and discretion
We have to minimise discretion in Pakistan at least for this phase of our existence.
False signals
Why do the rulers consider increase in remittances praiseworthy?
Put to the test
Our education systems need to be independently assessed.
Taxation: A way forward
Taxpayers here have valid concerns: does the government care for us?
Unpacking education
Chota is highly skilled, street-smart and wise. Yet no one would consider him educated. Why not?
Cutting it short
Why, as a society, we feel increasingly disinclined to enforce the rules is a matter of great significance.
Quality of food
We literally do not know what we are eating in Pakistan.
Education is not a solution
Pakistan’s development problems are not going to be resolved even if every citizen acquires a postgraduate education.