By: Ian Almond I still remember the shock I felt when, at the age of 12, my teacher told me the word "joo" I had just spoken, which I had...

By: Ayesha Siddiqa Pakistan is on the verge of getting a new prime minister, the cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan. Many of the social media accounts linked with the Pakistan Army are...

BY: Tavleen Singh Speaking truth to power. These words have been so overused they now sound banal. But, they actually define the fundamental duty of the Fourth Estate, except in...

BY: Sankarshan Thakur The name's Marten, Pine Marten. Martes martes of gotra. Yes, just that: gotra. Did you by any chance think only you folks had it? And what do...

By: MIRZA YAWAR BAIG The one who controls the language, controls the debate. Today Indian Muslims are in a peculiar situation where they are damned if they do and damned...

By: Asha’ar Rehman This is a phase for the new leader of our country that is going to be replete with ‘how are you different from them?’ questions. There is...

By: Pratap Bhanu Mehta The political legitimacy of the Indian state in Kashmir hangs on a very slender thread. This thread is the legitimacy of the Instrument of Accession, and...

By: Malik Muhammad Ashraf Life in Indian Held Kashmir (IHK) almost came to a standstill earlier this week due to the shutdown call given by the Hurriyat leaders against the...

By: TOUSEEF RAINA One can't help but congratulate the masses of Pakistan for giving such a historic mandate to the cricketer turned politician- Imran Khan- in recently concluded Pakistan general...

By: Imtiaz Alam In a hung parliament, our hero Imran Khan is going to face a grand alliance of a formidable opposition. With a lead of almost four million votes...