Amartya Sen’s book, “Identity and Violence’ examines the unfortunate connection between violence and our tendency to identify with one key trait — our ethnicity, or religion, for example — to the exclusion of all others. Sen argues that we can combat this tendency by rejecting this narrowly defined, limited sense of identity, and embracing a […]
In Malaysia, It’s Back to Square One
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia– BACK TO SQUARE ONE. It is all over now. The nomination, the campaigning and then, they came, for polling. When the results came out, it was three for the People’s Coalition [PR] and one for the National Front [BN]. In the federal Parliament, the BN is ruling with a […]
IPL will be staged outside INDIA
Next month’s Indian Premier League will be held outside the country after organisers failed to secure government approval for the matches to go ahead. The tournament clashes with the upcoming Indian general election, prompting fears over security. An alternative venue is now being sought, with England a possible option. "We have to move the event […]
45 petty nature cases of under trial prisoners disposed of inside jail
PESHAWAR March 19 :- The District and Sessions Judge Peshawar on the directive of Justice Tariq Pervez Khan Chief Justice Peshawar High Court Peshawar deputed Muhammad Jamshed Kundi Judicial Magistrate Peshawar for jail visit to dispose of petty nature criminal cases of under-trial prisoners. The Judicial Magistrate visited Central Prison Peshawar and disposed off 45 […]
they keep up a brave front
while the giants elsewhere are cutting down on costs, laying off employees and going online, dumping their print editiosn, how does the media in our country fare? we have 24-hour news channels in several languages , regional, and in the natinal languages too.english does have its appeal though its ground is getting eroded by regional […]
Stop Before the English Language Loses Its Charm
Do you get frustrated with the overuse of certain words? I do not mean to be so pedantic about such a minor thing, but I am. Just a few words that annoy me include ‘unique’, ‘crisp’ and ‘annoy’. I think the word ‘unique’ does no justice for what it is trying to say. (Just because […]
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