What’s in a name?
The Americans hit the French where it really hurts: their famed cuisine.
Zarrar Khuhro
Insane or inane?
When names are named, one really can’t report it.
Strange alliances
Tel Aviv has painstakingly built up its ties with Azerbaijan.
Tuning in
Humanity is literally wired for music.
Talking Turkey
The UAE and Turkey are confronting each other in a variety of theatres.
Enemy within
What if they had been professionally trained?
Fait accompli
The UAE-Israel deal was hardly a surprise.
The lukewarm war
America’s belligerent attitude has pushed Iran into the Chinese orbit.
Ages of anxiety
Ancient Mesopotamians knew this syndrome well.
Mask on, mask off
We can always do what we do best: remain in denial.
When stigma sticks
Naming a disease in the ‘old’ manner almost always led to stigma.
Plague & prejudice
At our core, we remain the same animal.
Permanent plague
Surveillance is rarely scaled back.
Stayin’ alive
The goal is to defeat or delay death.
Good, bad, crazy
In the early days of the pandemic, we saw videos that were at the same time eerily apocalyptic and also reassuring.
Murder, he wrote
Here then is the Gujarat model for the modern era.
Welcoming the virus
We may have to thank our viral friends for the existence of life.
High time
CBD is now a billion-dollar industry in the US alone.
Everyday Edhis
Over 100 people have been saved by Suleman, his brother and their SUV.
Dogs of war
What we are seeing now in the US body politic is a warped repeat of what we saw in 2003.