From Sufi poetry and Urdu prose to history and diplomacy, Pakistan and the Subcontinent have a long tradition of embracing multipl
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Amid urban breakdown and political uncertainty, the people of Karachi rely upon humour, community and citizen-led governance
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Although the modern world is increasingly taken over by speed and standardisation, there are still faint glimmers of style serving
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From the “noonday demon” of mediaeval monks to Nietzsche’s “Great Noon”, midday has long symbolised moments of truth and reckoning
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History shows that wars are easy to begin but far harder to end, yet the rhetoric of violence still prevails over the pursuit
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While the tools of control may have changed, the struggle to shape and manage the masses continues through the use of culture,
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Farcical online humour has become an escapist tool in an age of nuclear threats, political circuses and collective bewilderment
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Accessing, understanding and manipulating the ‘truth’ has preoccupied and puzzled people across history — and it continues to...
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From Sir Charles Napier’s vision for Karachi to modern efforts to reclaim public spaces in the city’s older quarters, evidence
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Religious beliefs and influences — once seen as relics of pre-modern belief — continue to dictate political struggles, shape
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Emotional, intellectual and moral distance — once seen as a form of self-preservation — now threaten to erase our capacity for
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