Dr Nisar’s New Book Aaina-e-Manshaya
Book Review: Society Has to Join the War Against Drug Menace Dr Nisar’s New Book Aaina-e-Manshayat (Mirror of Drugs) is an important guide for enforcement agencies and society to find a way forward By Z. G. Muhammad Social evils, whatever their nature or magnitude, are like insidious viruses that eat into the very vitals of society. History bears testimony to how addictive substances can weaken not merely individuals, but the very foundations of a civilisation. Nineteenth-century China offers perhaps … Read entire article »
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Myean Kath – Life Writing Of An Educationist.
Shamla Mufti Everyone has a tale to tell and a nostalgia to share. Nostalgia is cathartic but equally a life-writing that goes beyond biography. It not only ‘encompasses everything from the complete life to day-in-the-life, from the fictional to factional’ and connects us with others and their immediate past, social and cultural moorings. Some days back, a doctoral thesis by one of our young United States-based scholars Hafsa Kanjwal, Assistant Professor of History’ the University of Michigan, guided me to reading a life-writing … Read entire article »
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