Understanding the Muslim Vote
Much has been made of the supposed impact of the “Muslim vote” at the recent election. The fact that several otherwise safe, mainly…
Pakistan’s Best Kept Secret: Lahore Museum
Anwar Akhtar writes for Salzburg Global Seminar on why his film “Pakistan’s Best Kept Secret: Lahore Museum”, has much to say about peace…
PK Porthcurno Museum Symposium, Anwar exploring Urdu, Punjabi, & English in Pakistan September 21
The official state National language of Pakistan, its ‘lingua Franca’ is Urdu, although English is also often spoken by the business and political…
The Gandhi in our midst
By Vazira Fazila-Yacoobali Zamindar On Jan 30, 1948, Gandhi was assassinated by Nathuram Godse, a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, for ‘appeasing’ Muslims…
Why Dara still speaks to us today
By Anwar Akhtar That was my response when Nicholas Hytner asked, where do we find stories about what is happening in Pakistan and that…