Learning and Life

Moore's Law: Exponential increase in transistor density and speed In this post I trace a personal journey of my interactions wi...

I am now forced to translate "Encounter-2", an Urdu column published in 2000 because I have noticed that since 9-11 there is a fl...

V'jer of Star Trek The growth of digitization and computerization and its assimilation of everything and everyone that it touches...

This is late 1979, I had completed my intermediate, and my father had retired from his government job in Islamabad. We were moving back to ...

After debunking the myth of   what does it mean to be a PhD and PhD myths related to specialization and departmental scope of expertise , t...

Following are the myths about the PhD degree that have created an aura of difficulty around the PhD degree that discourages many from under...

Myths of Schooling and Education: Resources There are popular "Myths" about education and schools that have become a matter ...

Why Education and Why Higher Education: Leadership in Life and Society 1. What is the Purpose of Education We grew up in schools where ...

Selecting whom to consult: Psychiatrist, Neurologist, Psychologist, Educationist, "Aamil" (Exorcist), "Pir" or "S...

As my experience of dealing with students continues to accumulate, and as I closely observe how priorities of students change from what the...

A nation that has no history, has no future! Our ignorance about our history, our culture, our sensibilities are astounding. Recent protest...

Free Water Fountain on National Mall Last month during transit for a few hours at the Istanbul airport on my way to Tblisi, Georgia...

Curriculum's Relevance to Social Impact: Why do our graduates want to leave the country? Why do our elite schools derive their ...

Skyline with Churches The first thing that strikes one in Tbilisi, Georgia is the love Georgians have for their language and their hist...

Truth about Attention Deficit Disorders (ADD/ADHD): Reasons and Revelations cchrint.org There is an epidemic of name-calling by schoo...

Overprotected Kids: Need for Risk Taking and Self Discovery Risk taking used to be part of the every day growing up experience of every c...

During the winter holidays, often extending from mid of December to mid of January, I often drive to Islamabad and back. The biggest nuisa...

Mangoe Flowers: Bur Yesterday I heard the Koel's cu-ckoo and I could hear my nani jan  (grandmother) calling from the past saying...

I was taught a very important rule about the secret of happiness and its relationship with expectations, the hard way, by my mother when I ...

How Language Acquisition is Made Difficult for Children: Eight Lessons from an Urdu Acquisition Case Study [The later part of this post ...