99SharesAuthors: Dr. Asnia Latif, Dr. M. Faisal Amir Malik and Dr. Ali Madeeh Hashmi (Authors’ Note: Alphonse Daudet (1840-1897) was a nineteenth century French novelist. A contemporary of Gustave Flaubert, Edmond de Goncourt and Emile Zola, among others, he achieved much fame and renown in his life-time. He contracted syphilis sometime in his twenties. In […]
“Rau main hai rakhsh-e Umr, kahaan dekhiyay thamay/Nay haath bag par hai na pa hai rakaab main”-Ghalib (The steed of Life gallops along/No hand on its harness, nor foot in stirrup) When Ghalib wrote these lines, it was meant to be a reference to the relentless march of Time; a dirge for the evanescence of […]
228SharesAli Madeeh Hashmi writes about the state of affairs in Pakistan’s colleges and universities where students are not given space to freely express themselves. The model of education currently in place is a coercive one, and this needs to change. We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves-Galileo Galilei […]