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Farooq Sulehria
Farooq Sulehria

  • July 28, 2019

    Cup of hatred

    The cricket world cup is over. But in its wake the tournament has left the South Asian region even more divided and bitter. There used to be times...

  • January 26, 2019

    Populist gimmickry

    Good looks alone cannot hide the unbearable ugliness of poverty and inequality in Pakistan. Likewise, attempts at introducing popular measures,...

  • July 18, 2018

    Digital aesthetics: me, myself and myselfie

    Expressing one’s love for his/her partner at a wedding anniversary used to be a very private affair. Not anymore. Now, love is not real unless...

  • July 11, 2018

    Social media as oppression

    First off, let me briefly define social media so as to differentiate it from traditional media as well as ‘alternative media’. By social media I...

  • June 26, 2018

    Neither fascists nor anti-imperialists

    While there is a dangerous tendency to casually describe Islamic fundamentalists as anti-imperialist, there is an equally problematic trend to...

  • May 31, 2017

    After Manchester

    The suicide attack on Ariana Grande’s concert in Manchester has evoked a predictable knee-jerk response from various left-liberal circles in...

  • May 20, 2017

    Indonesia: a changing state

    Indonesia has recently been making headlines for all the wrong reasons. In the most recent case, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, the governor of Jakarta,...

  • February 03, 2017

    Brothers in power

    The phenomenon of the Muslim Brotherhood is a vital case study to build an understanding of Islamic fundamentalism. While many have researched the...

  • October 18, 2016

    Christine’s unfair apologia

    Christine Fair, assistant professor at the Georgetown University, in a recent editorial piece for the Times of India , titled ‘A Campaign of...

  • September 07, 2016

    Provincialising AJK

    With the election of Masood Khan as the president of Azad Jammu & Kashmir on August 16, preceded by the elections for the legislative assembly...

  • July 18, 2016

    Defining corruption in the Pakistani context

    Part - 1 Corruption is a buzz word in Pakistan. However, a broader definition of corruption than what is currently bandied about in the...

  • June 04, 2016

    The corruption discourse

    The so-called Panama leaks have brought to the centre stage, yet again, the question of corruption. By default, if not by design, the Panama leaks...

  • May 25, 2016

    The Arab winter as ‘morbid symptom’

    The writer is a freelance contributor. The title of Gilbert Achcar’s latest book ‘Morbid Symptoms: Relapse in the Arab Uprising’ ...

  • February 19, 2016

    Embarrassing women

    Professor Nergis Mavalvala is the latest sensation in Pakistan. While Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif – heading a government that banned...