Opinion & Analysis

Language seems just a word, but it shapes us, our conduct, our relationships, and our worldview of the beings. What is language, after all? A combination of words, but where...

There is a thin line between chauvinism and nationalism, and Indian cricketers ignored that completely. The brinkmanship exhibited in Dubai by Suryakumar Yadav and his boys at the Asia Cup...

Dubbed as a 'brain-eating amoeba', Naegleria fowleri has claimed yet another life in Sindh, bringing the total tally of the province up to five this year. The most recent unsuspecting...

Artificial Intelligence is increasingly getting incorporated as a transformative tool in governance and public safety worldwide, and its effectiveness is especially being recognised for developing nations like Pakistan, where policing...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Independence Day speech this year took a controversial turn when he hailed the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as the "World's Biggest NGO". What was perhaps meant...

Over the 500 years, there is no country in the world other than the United States of American which started from scratch and transformed into a superpower. From a nascent...

The first time I heard about the idea of 'open access' (OA) publications was in 2004. I was a post-doctoral scholar and had gone to a research conference. This was...

A colleague visited India in April 2007. The city of New Delhi was decorated for the 14th SAARC summit and it was glowing with a new confidence of a nation...

Some high-achieving students suddenly began arriving late to school. They were warned, fined, and reported to parents. Nonetheless, their newly adopted behaviour remained unchanged. Over time, the number of latecomers...

When Israel carried out unprecedented airstrikes on September 9 targeting what it claimed were Hamas leaders in Doha, the shockwaves rattled not just Israel's adversaries but also its closest allies....