The Horrors of Capitalism
Capitalism has not done the average man much good. That is something that most of us can agree on. One can always point the finger at the available alternates to the existing structures i.e socialism, communism, or the other quasi-socialist structures, that they have not done a decent job in replacing…
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Most of us have now been acquainted with the happenings of the “Cannoli Incident” as it has become known around social media. For any of you that decided to stay off of social media since the middle of this month, or are only aware of what happened through the multitude of memes that made the…
Anime and Pakistan are not two words that one would normally expect to hear together in the same sentence.
For the longest time in Pakistan, the idea of consuming media from foreign cultures that are not either Western (largely Hollywood) or Indian (Bollywood or the soap serials that surround it) has been, well, foreign.
Recently,…
Sexual orientation and gender identity are contested concepts within Pakistani society. Despite the differences between the two, they are often used interchangeably and are regarded as the same thing. While gender identity refers to the knowledge of your sex – knowing whether you are a man, a woman, or another gender, your sexual orientation is…
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Pakistan, as a state, does not exactly have a stellar reputation when it comes to the treatment of ethnic and religious minorities. Be it the forced conversion of young Hindu girls, or the blatant killings of individuals of the Ahmadi faith, it seems that unless you are a Sunni and a Punjabi as well,…
India and Pakistan are quite similar in culture, language, and cuisine. Even though the separation of the subcontinent came about ostensibly due to the fact that Muslims and Hindus could not live in a single state in harmony, we are more alike than we are dissimilar. We eat the same food, we have similar marriage…
Until recently, the world’s largest population on death row was in Pakistan. China has since surpassed us in this category, but we continue to follow second in line, neck to neck with the USA. Around six thousand people are waiting to be executed in Pakistan, which raises the question: who are these people? Why are…
The mention of Genghis Khan evokes images of war, carnage, and archers riding horses, raining death in the form of arrows. The impact of his rise and the expansion of the Mongol Empire in the 12th century is discussed, and felt, to this day.
Who was Genghis Khan?
Genghis Khan rose from complete anonymity and…
The Indian agriculture sector could be considered the country’s economic rock, yet it’s powered by some of the poorest, most underprivileged people living there. Despite India being the largest cultivator of several different kinds of produce consumed all over the world, the farmers there often find it difficult to make ends meet where their own…
In the long history of the Mughals, the dynasty that reigned supreme in the subcontinent since the later sixteenth century, there are none more discussed than Emperor Akbar. The Emperors ruled for three centuries, way into the 19th century as well (though their influence had petered out towards the end thanks to the coming of…