Archive: Social views Subscribe to Social views
Abdul Q Kundi: Fighting Corruption
The soap opera that started on the 27th of Ramzan has been a positive development so far as the nation got to see the true faces of its leaders and appreciate their capabilities. This is very important as it is the guiding hand of these leaders...
Irfan Husain: Death and spark of life
BEING on the wrong side of 60, intimations of mortality are to be expected, especially at birthdays. This year, my birthday coincided with a brief illness, so I was more aware than ever that time is running out, and everything must come to an...
Ayesha Siddiqa: Role of Women
The other day, I happened to be part of a television debate regarding the appointment of one of the highest offices of the country. The anchor, however, squirmed at the idea of debating the issue of sexual harassment of a female colleague by...
Irfan Hussain: Elephant in the room
FOR the last few years, ever since I began spending more time in the UK, I have been using taxis during my frequent and extended visits to Karachi.
Most of my conversations with the drivers are about the problems they face. Invariably, they...
Abdul Quayyum Khan Kundi: Freedom of Expression
Freedom of expression can be
unsettling if used without paying attention to the choice of medium or grasp of the context of the message. Socrates had to drink a chalice of poison for his dissenting social views. Galileo was incarcerated for...
Ayesha Tammy Haq: Prey no love
Social media is the place to be these days and Twitter is this whole world of friends and detractors. A space where thoughts, images, ideas, love, hate, culture, anything are compressed in a hundred and forty characters. In our world where there...
Irfan Siddiqui: Murdoch Vs Guardian
THERE is nothing the British love as much as a juicy political scandal, and I flew into London from Karachi just when one was breaking. It involves the media, the police, celebrities and major politicians. As its centre is Rupert Murdoch, the...
Irfan Hussain: Small hearts
IN Karachi’s Keamari harbour, near Baba and Bhit islands and close to the Yacht Club, is a macabre sight: scores of wooden fishing boats are quietly rotting away. A few are still riding high in the water, but most are partly submerged, their...
