The atrocities we have witnessed, and witness today, are in large part due to the fact that religion is very much the business of the state. By Ardeshir Cowasjee
Published13 Aug, 2012 06:24am
IN a country where the economic cost of environmental degradation, as determined by the World Bank, has increased from six to more than seven per cent of GDP over the past five years, a most gratifying recent development went unnoticed by many citizens
Published10 Apr, 2012 12:05am
TWO days ago the nation ‘commemorated’ — or it should have even though to the majority it may have little significance — the 40th anniversary of the signing of the instrument of surrender by the commander of the
Published18 Dec, 2011 02:54am
OVER two years ago, this column commented on UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s ‘Chicken Little’ statement at the 150-country Geneva environmental conference
Published04 Dec, 2011 01:34am
SOON after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s statement earlier this year that America was “betting” on India’s future and sought Indian presence beyond
Published27 Nov, 2011 01:16am
AS I was recently reminded by a young friend from Lahore, a representative of what has come to be known as civil society which during these past few years
Published20 Nov, 2011 02:46am
FOR hundreds of thousands of years the ancestors of today`s man were hunter-gatherers. They were spread all over Earth and wandered around in mobile family bands, foraging for food as their chief occupation
Published13 Nov, 2011 02:58am