SOCIETY: A KARACHI THAT BELONGS TO NO ONE What connects impatient car horns at a red light, a gleaming signboard on a grimy building and open sewage beside the beach Published 30 Aug, 2026 07:21am
ESSAY: THE DOUBLE EDGE OF FORGETTING Remembering everything would be a curse and would become overwhelming. But we must also guard against the oldest trick of power: Published 12 Jul, 2026 06:56am
ESSAY: EMPIRE OF PROBABILITY The old empires conquered land. The new one seeks something more intimate: your attention, your behaviour and, increasingly, Published 31 May, 2026 06:58am
ESSAY: GAMENESS THEORY We breed it into birds, dogs and horses. We honour it in soldiers, mountaineers and mothers. This trait has a name... Published 26 Apr, 2026 09:25am
The white saviour lives on in film and literature The trope is not the result of a personality flaw in individual storytellers — it is a narrative technique. Published 16 Apr, 2026 11:55am
ESSAY: THE WHITE SAVIOUR The trope is not the result of a personality flaw in individual storytellers. It is a narrative technique. And from Robinson Cruso Published 12 Apr, 2026 06:34am
The chaos of decentralised media has exposed why journalism’s gatekeeping still matters Published 10 Mar, 2026 02:44pm
ESSAY: WHY JOURNALISM MATTERS Without filters, the loudest or most charismatic or most monetised voice wins — not the most accurate one. Published 08 Mar, 2026 09:06am
NATURE: THE MYSTERY OF MIMICRY From mantises matching UV patterns they cannot see to vines copying plastic leaves, nature’s most precise disguises challenge simple evolutionary explanations. Published 15 Feb, 2026 07:07am
PHILOSOPHY: THE EXISTENTIAL ELK THEORY Can a species become too self-aware to survive? Philosopher Peter Zapffe thought so. His dark vision argues consciousness is a Published 28 Dec, 2025 05:06am
Dopamine made humanity restless enough to evolve. Now, that same restlessness threatens to consume us Maybe, humanity’s next leap won’t happen on Mars or in AI, but in a quiet room, where someone resists the urge to pick up their phone. Published 08 Dec, 2025 01:59pm
ESSAY: THE DOPAMINE REPUBLIC Maybe, humanity’s next leap won’t happen on Mars or in AI, but in a quiet room, where someone resists the urge to pick up their phone. Published 07 Dec, 2025 06:20am
WILDLIFE: THE FADING BIRDS OF PAKISTAN The harial, roller and hornbill are fading from our landscapes because they have first faded from our stories. Updated 13 Nov, 2025 01:56pm
SPOTLIGHT: THE ‘THICC’ HEROINE The obsession with heavy-set women in Punjabi and Pashto cinema isn’t accidental. It is cultural, even primal. Abundance,... Published 12 Oct, 2025 09:41am
CULTURE: CLAY AND DUST Amidst the din of modernity, the ancient sport of kushti clings to life in Lahore’s Walled City. With no support and fading Published 31 Aug, 2025 05:53am
SOCIETY: PUNJAB THROUGH ITS FOOD A food aficionado explains his love for Punjabi cuisine and the importance of understanding the history of food Published 26 May, 2024 06:43am
SOCIETY: WILL THE DESI DOG HAVE ITS DAY? With Pakistani dog lovers hung up on foreign breeds, native breeds have little recognition despite being very Published 26 Aug, 2018 07:40am
