Ardeshir Cowasjee

Sixty-three and down on our knees

CRIED Cassio in Shakespeare’s Othello: “Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation! I have ... Published 15 Aug, 2010 12:00am

Why not the Pakistan Sea?

iv id= This country is suffering manifold miseries, as it has for many a year, but now more than ever, mainly... Published 08 Aug, 2010 12:00am

Legacy of the Great Amenders

iv id= The 18th Amendment to the mangled and mashed 1973 constitution has created, in certain circles, rather a ... Published 01 Aug, 2010 12:00am

Questions, and more questions

iv id= How can anyone be surprised by this fake degree scandal involving the country`s legislators that grows by the... Published 18 Jul, 2010 12:00am

A little learning

iv id= It is said to be a dangerous thing. And we in this Islamic Republic know better than many that it indeed is.... Published 11 Jul, 2010 12:00am

Our national disgrace

iv id= When a most foolish prime minister after committing an avoidable blunder handed over on a gilded platter this... Published 04 Jul, 2010 12:00am

Looking to the future

iv id= Taking into account the general deterioration in moral standards and ethics, it could be possible that it is... Published 27 Jun, 2010 12:00am

In our beginning is our end

iv id= We must read to remember. The early days of Pakistan were far from halcyon, though those of us who lived... Published 20 Jun, 2010 12:00am

What the eye did not see

iv id= “Wherein adequate provisions shall be made for the minorities freely to profess and practise their religions... Published 13 Jun, 2010 12:00am

The ever-constant threats

iv id= From north to south, east to west, Pakistan`s natural resources are being plundered or bartered away. The... Published 30 May, 2010 12:00am

Needed: realisation of reality

iv id= Rewarding it is to receive responses to columns — we who pen them at least know that somewhere we are being... Published 23 May, 2010 12:00am

Our combined failure

iv id= A common reaction to the almost universal conclusion that one of Pakistan`s main exports is terrorism —... Published 16 May, 2010 12:00am

Not the voice of the creator

iv id= We inhabit a land where death no longer diminishes us, where those that hand it out do so with impunity, with... Published 02 May, 2010 12:00am

The recurring nightmare

iv id= The irrepressible, inimitable, 90-plus, Khushwant Singh, who has few peers in the subcontinental journalist... Published 25 Apr, 2010 12:00am

One step in the right direction

iv id= Governance — incompetent and inconsequential. Law and order — life and property are in constant peril.... Published 18 Apr, 2010 12:00am

Into the abyss

iv id= Environmental degradation is one of the most serious threats to the well-being of all nations of this world.... Published 11 Apr, 2010 12:00am

De facto versus de jure - 3

iv id= In the British army, upon which were modelled the armies of India and Pakistan, `field marshal` was the... Published 04 Apr, 2010 12:00am