Ardeshir Cowasjee

Wrapping up the fish

“NO one should take journalists too seriously, especially journalists themselves because what they write in the... Published 08 Feb, 2009 12:00am

Who grabs the larger slice?

PROBLEM: endemic. Who grabs the larger slice of the national cake which is shrinking by the day? Karachi, population... Published 01 Feb, 2009 12:00am

`Navi gilli, navo dao`

AS my long-suffering Gujarati friends have now realised, it is a new ball game. President Barack Hussein Obama, from... Published 25 Jan, 2009 12:00am

‘Navi gilli, navo dao’

AS my long-suffering Gujarati friends have now realised, it is a new ball game. President Barack Hussein Obama, from... Published 25 Jan, 2009 12:00am

`Navi gilli, navo dao`

AS my long-suffering Gujarati friends have now realised, it is a new ball game. President Barack Hussein Obama, from... Published 25 Jan, 2009 12:00am

‘Chariya’ Zahoor — again

SIXTY-plus years down the line there remain some dumbos amidst us who say that Mohammad Ali Jinnah made a mistake,... Published 18 Jan, 2009 12:00am

Tarnishing the national image

THE members of the government of this flawed Republic, carved out of unfortunate circumstantial happenings, faulty... Published 11 Jan, 2009 12:00am

A happy new year?

NO, it is not a happy new year, not for the country, and not for its citizens — other than the few who are in the... Published 04 Jan, 2009 12:00am

Sanity and moral progress

A FEW (three out of 54) agitated readers responded to my last column written on the subject of the Gandhian saying... Published 28 Dec, 2008 12:00am

The state of our civilisation

ACCORDING to that wise man Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi a nation’s level of civilisation can be gauged by the manner ... Published 21 Dec, 2008 12:00am

Hijackers of the national interest

TO repeat and repeat, to the extent of perhaps becoming a bore to some readers, and always in the hope that it may... Published 14 Dec, 2008 12:00am

A bit of laughter amidst the gloom

WE must never despair regardless of the dangers and the inanities — nil desperandum. Over the past week emailers ... Published 07 Dec, 2008 12:00am

In self-destruct mode?

SINCE Wednesday night I have been as distressed as many others must have been on seeing the damage done to the Taj... Published 30 Nov, 2008 12:00am

The wild, wild card

PRESIDENT of the Republic Asif Zardari was surprisingly in Pakistan at the end of last week, and more surprisingly ... Published 23 Nov, 2008 12:00am

The multiplying zeros

NOTHING seems to be going right for the Republic of Pakistan and the so-called ‘leaders’ led by the supreme ‘leader’... Published 16 Nov, 2008 12:00am

Zero plus zero equals zero

MY very dear old friend, Haji Ebrahim, a merchant born in Dhoraji (then in Kathiawar), and I converse in our mother... Published 09 Nov, 2008 12:00am

Bagh-i-Benazir & diversions

TO digress, as we must because it affects our survival, a quote from the front page of yesterday`s edition of this... Published 03 Nov, 2008 12:00am

Bagh-i-Benazir & diversions

TO digress, as we must because it affects our survival, a quote from the front page of yesterday’s edition of this... Published 02 Nov, 2008 12:00am

Bagh-i-Benazir

THE condition of the huge overcrowded Bagh that is Pakistan is, at the moment, not quite that as envisaged by ... Published 26 Oct, 2008 12:00am

Hobbling along

OUR moth-eaten Pakistan will hobble along, led as it always has been since 1948 by men endowed with mediocrity or ... Published 19 Oct, 2008 12:00am