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How to Travel in Lockdown
It’s not easy. You’ve been hoping to get out and see the world but it’s been months, perhaps a year, or more. Every time you plan or even think about it, the Covid cases start to rise and… there comes the lockdown, yet again. And once again you are restricted to the confines of your Read more
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Imran Khan 1.0 and 2.0 According to William Dalrymple
There are a few matters where Imran Khan’s admirers and critics would disagree. But there’s one interesting aspect about Pakistan’s current prime minister which brings all of them on the same page. That is, they all would agree that they have seen two Imran Khans: a bachelor-playboy who was a cricket star and a fundamentalist Read more
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A Brief History of Islamic State – Khorasan
A lot has been happening in Afghanistan. USA withdrew its forces along with its NATO allies. Ashraf Ghani, the president (now ex-president) of Afghanistan, escaped the country. The Taliban captured almost all its territory and formed the new regime. The transfer of the power though, as you could tell from the sequence of events, has Read more
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Is There Any Point in Living?
Is there any point in living? Has living any meaning, any point, any worth? Perhaps that is the question you have been asking yourself. Especially when you’ve had some time on your hands. Is there some goal to be achieved by life, by living? Is there some place you will reach one day by living? Read more
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The Art of Travel
If our lives are dominated by a search happiness, then perhaps few activities reveal as much about the dynamics of this quest — in all its ardour and paradoxes — than our travels. Alain de Botton, in his book The Art of Travel, provides us a new way to look at travelling. After all, the Read more
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A Brief History of Punctuation
The difference between “let us eat Grandma” and “let us eat, Grandma” is huge. That’s what punctuation does: it saves lives. When you write, you set words in motion. Then they are on their own. Punctuation allows these words to tell their own story. Otherwise, if the reader had to guess each time she read Read more
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