Raza Rumi This post is the third in our series on recapping the fall of East Pakistan in 1971. The previous two posts of this series can be read here and here. Every year the sixteenth day of that deadly December invited little attention in the mainstream media as the new Pakistan struggles to manage […]
Adil Najam Did you know that today, December 6, was “Sindhi Topi Day”? I did not. But I now do. I also now know that it was celebrated with great fervor. I am glad that it was. Even though some have raised concerns about how such a celebration might “isolate” Sindh from the rest of […]
Adil Najam The headline screams out that more than 40 people are dead after a heartless and soulless suicide attack on a mosque in Rawalpindi. The story under it tells us that more than half of those butchered are children. Numb. Enraged. Without words. One stares into space. How many such headlines have we seen? […]
