Mainstream Weekly

Supplying Heat to the Pressure-cooker of Life

Mubashir Hasan — 2014-02-10T15:50:04Z

BOOK REVIEW
The following is a book review sent to us by the reviewer from Lahore for publication in this journal.
The Shadow of the Crescent Moon by Fatima Bhutto; Penguin Viking; pages: 231; Price: Rs 499.
Fatima Bhutto ingeniously crafts her first novel, The Shadow of the Crescent Moon, around life in a small town in the frontier province of Khyber PakhtunKhwa. The fictional town of Mir Ali is a microsom not merely of the North-West Frontier region of Pakistan but also of the (…)

- 2014

Knowledge blended with Wisdom

Mubashir Hasan — 2013-11-12T20:40:38Z

Dear Sumit,
An unfortunate accident is preventing me to attend the gathering in Delhi in honour of your illustrious father and my friend Nikhil Chakravartty. We had become friends in the early nineties when I became active in improving relations between India and Pakistan. I had occasion to visit India four or five times every year. The very next morning of my arrival in Delhi, Nikhil very graciously would be there to visit me at the residence of Syeda Hameed at Jamia.
We would discuss (…)

- 2013

Global Democracy: Consolidation and Expansion

Mubashir Hasan — 2009-04-01T23:11:58Z

Global Democracy
Democracy at any level—global, regional, national or at the level of communities—means, above all, peace and justice, filled stomachs, health, education, shelter; all regulated by an organisation in which citizens collectively regulate their political, social and economic affairs themselves in a manner that their individual freedoms are not restricted and liberty is enhanced.
Peace requires resolution of disputes and differences in a just manner through (…)

- March 2009