mushtaq-soofi
Film-making in the northern part of the subcontinent has been/is the story of three great cultural cities; Kolkata,...
Published 27 Nov, 2023 06:42am
Violence is in some form an inescapable part of our everyday life. Its unstoppable repeated occurrence has made it...
Published 20 Nov, 2023 07:03am
We are in the habit of doing things of daily life in the wrong way, the way that causes at best inconvenience and at...
Updated 13 Nov, 2023 09:25am
Is aggression innate characteristic of living creatures? Is it possible to impose restraints on it? Can we stop...
Published 30 Oct, 2023 07:06am
Everybody has stories but a few among us have stories worth narrating. Everybody can narrate stories but a few have...
Published 23 Oct, 2023 07:01am
Shah Husain and Bulleh Shah are hauntingly fascinating characters of Punjab’s classical literature who have...
Updated 09 Oct, 2023 08:32am
It’s not about new vistas or anything grand. It’s about things mundane, rather boring which we see repeated ad...
Updated 02 Oct, 2023 08:13am
‘What is in a name’ is as true as there is much in a name. Names of societies and countries especially carry...
Updated 25 Sep, 2023 08:44am
Qabil Jafri has made his debut as a poet with his book “Apaar (shoreless/ infinite)” published by Sanjh...
Published 18 Sep, 2023 07:09am
One can easily understand the reasons that force the poor and not so poor to leave the country in search of a better...
Published 11 Sep, 2023 07:03am
Music is the most abstract art as it represents intangibles. Hence enjoying music is easier than understanding it....
Updated 04 Sep, 2023 08:03am
The institution of state regardless of its form has paradoxical character; it attracts as well as repulses. It...
Published 28 Aug, 2023 07:03am
Anyone who is not familiar with Balwant Gargi (1916-2003) and his works cannot be taken as a serious reader of...
Published 21 Aug, 2023 07:09am
The process of colonisation of India began in 1757 when Mughal emperor allowed the East India Company to establish a...
Published 14 Aug, 2023 08:12am
Each age, history tells us, has its centre of civilisation. It also shows that the centre of civilisation keeps...
Published 07 Aug, 2023 07:45am
Shopkeepers and shoppers are a universal phenomenon. You go anywhere in the world you shall find the both. Since an...
Published 24 Jul, 2023 07:02am
Since the Indian subcontinent, vast and diverse, had no realisation of being one country or one nation in the modern...
Published 17 Jul, 2023 08:02am
Let’s start by making a sweeping statement: against the claims of nationalists, leftists and religiously inclined...
Published 10 Jul, 2023 07:14am
If we look at history a major factor that has built human civilisation is migration. The process that has its ...
Published 03 Jul, 2023 07:00am
Politics is generally defined as the art of the possible. It was Otto Von Bismarck, the man responsible for...
Published 26 Jun, 2023 05:46am
