The COVID-19 pandemic seems to have brought about the dark side of environmentalism. Or is it just a revival of old ideologies?
“Coronavirus is Earth’s vaccine. We’re the virus”
Behind these environmentally friendly and seemingly harmless rhetoric lies a murderous, racist ideology that combines unchecked violence with environmentalism, all in the name of saving the…
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A decade ago, had you told someone that making memes would earn you money, they would have laughed in your face but now it is becoming a serious reality.
How memes are the forefront of internet comedy
A meme is defined as a piece of virtual media (usually a photo with text) that generates laughter…
Hip Hop began as a lyrical movement in the South Bronx in America. This lyrical movement has its roots in the Black American male experience. The movement is dominated with rhythm and lyrical stimulation, replete with metaphors from the life experiences of these black Americans, which are underscored by social and economic injustice. The lyrics…
There is a long history behind the border fight between China and India. This dispute, however, predates the independence of India and took root during the colonial rule of the British in India.
In the latter half of the 1800s, the British drew two borders in an attempt to demarcate the tenuous and undefined frontier…
If you are driving through the streets of urban areas in Pakistan, chances are you will see many cyclists with safety gear on, cycling on one side of the road especially at night. But had you visited the same streets a year ago, you would have seen little to no cyclists so what has changed…
For centuries, human beings have looked to the sky for answers. Where are we? Who are we? How did this all begin? While philosophers will continue to battle the answers for centuries to come, by looking up to the stars as we have always done, we are the closest we have ever been to understanding…
“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Jane Austen
The scent of pages of an old book, there is nothing else like it. Nothing beats the feeling of opening a thick paperback for the first time. Even if it is a dusty…
In the 1960s, Islamabad was slowly made the capital of Pakistan and now there seems to be talk of naming Karachi as Pakistan’s second capital, as so many other nations have dual capitals too. Regardless of whether Karachi can or will become Pakistan’s capital once again, there is no doubt that Karachi is cemented as…
The use of the SAT to test students’ abilities has always received criticism from students, parents and even university faculties but has the time come for universities to replace the SAT in admissions criteria?
How and why the SAT was created
The creation of the SAT and the College Board has a dark and troubling…
Not too long ago, a bachelor’s degree from most universities in Pakistan could quite easily get you a suitable job, but nowadays even a bachelor’s degree from a top-level Pakistani university might not get you a job that you are looking for. According to Government records, the percentage of youth working, or studying has gone…