When I was in class three, I remember reading a story about Guru Nanak which spoke about his perplexity with the discrepancy between the rich and the poor, the haves and the have nots. The story narrated his bewilderment with […]
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** Editor’s note: We rarely re-print essays of a recent pedigree, but in this case, we found this essay particularly relevant to the theme of this issue. Originally published in 2008. When I return from a trip and open the […]
You’ll recall Marshall McLuhan, the “medium is the message” man. He knew. He knew what the computer could do… this extension of ourselves. Like so many fruits hanging on vines… unpicked…disconnected in our connection. Could he have foreseen what we […]
The original saying went, ‘Freedom of the press belongs to those who own one.” Well, the perception seems to be changing. One of the stalwarts of communication of our times, Arthur C Clarke wrote about the phenomenon of Citizen Journalism […]
Hired Guns, Big Bucks, No Rules
The place for the artistic statement in film has been sadly replaced by brass and taxes.
It was a balmy night like tonight, when I stepped out of the Karachi airport. I looked around for a clue for my rapid heart beats: visually it looked like Delhi and felt like Bombay on the skin. I had […]
