Village Violence
It will take rebuilding trust, protecting public spaces, and reviving the cultural bonds that once made the village not just a place to live, but also a community worth belonging to.
Reviving Intellectualism
the dearth of public libraries in many cities nationwide has led to arduous commutes and hefty transportation costs.
Music Beyond Metrics
In Pakistan, music thrives not because it is streamed, but because it is lived.
Losing the Language of Civility
Sociologists call civility the invisible glue that holds a society together. When that glue weakens, trust falls apart and when trust disappears, fairness becomes a myth.
Last-Mile Delivery’s Future
For many Pakistanis, last mile delivery platforms are no longer just a source of convenience but an important source of livelihood.
Holding a Mirror to Justice
The poverty of imagination and creativity is self-evident in policy making, where no transformational, indigenous and speedy mechanism has been proposed to address the hardships of the litigants. Civil disputes are a classic example of the prevailing inertia.
Derailed Society?
Until the state wakes up to take steps, it is society itself that has to break the chains of such abuses and harassments, by fostering child–parent dialogue, raising awareness of child…
From Tape To Timeline
To romanticise the present as a golden age is misleading, yet dismissing it as a crisis of saturation is equally reductive.
Weight of Unspoken Words
It’s strange, the things we hold back. A simple ‘I’m sorry’. A ‘thank you’. A message that says, ‘I was thinking of you.’
Radio Pakistan: The Unsung Hero
The 3 PM children’s program, normally featuring folk tales, was repurposed to broadcast lists of survivors arriving at refugee camps – a heartbreaking roll call of the displaced that often ran for hours without interruption.