Learning and Life

There is a need to propagate the clear position of Islam that suicide is haram, murdering is among the gravest sin, and even taking the li...

I came across this 1943 letter from a Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Kumaon Division which shows the high ethical standards of that time. The ...

Sharifuddin Pirzada is responsible for assisting the violation of constitution and abuse of law by military dictators through the design of...

This post details how Pakistan had been entangled in someone else's war in anticipation of some crumbs falling to Pakistan as a largess...

At What Cost?  Costs of perceived strictness of military dictatorships vs the reality of constitutional governments in Pakistan. The compar...

Sadat e Nehtaur Shajra Compilation Effort Syed Mohammad Khurshid Alam Zaidi Khursheed Alam Zaidi in his keynote address at a g...

Importance of literature in law and legal judgments and arguments in the floor is an established tradition. This post collects together var...

A literary social autobiography that is poetry in prose; beauty in words and imagery; each sentence contains a world of meaning, ideas, con...

How Do I Lift Thee From the Mundane What a fleeting time is youth! that beckons the future that walks in beauty that gallops with fo...

Based on my experience with dealing with people over the last so many years, I have identified the following phone behaviors that should ra...

[Themes of this post were presented at Forward Institute for Educational Bridgework Seminar on Jan 27, 2016. ] Note: This post is specif...

Over the last 37 years in higher education  as student (from 1980-94), and as faculty member and academic administrator (since 1995), I hav...

It is often said that all educational experiments are doomed to succeed [1]. Here is my different take on this from the perspective of an e...

I felt honored when I was asked to review the book of memoirs of Mr Irtiqa Zaidi that is about to go into publication. The book is excitin...

Political discourse in Pakistan is punctuated with allegations and counter allegations without a formal study of the economic implications ...

Over the last few years, misconceptions regarding disconnecting from the relations (relatives, neighbors, colleagues) seem to be spreading....

I am forced to write this post as I increasingly encounter cases upon cases of children with shattered confidence, broken personality a...

I often see people looking at history using today's prejudices and lenses. History can not be seen in the light of our current prefere...

About 5%-10% of students entering the university are unable to survive the semester system. The following list of top 10 reasons is based ...

Dr Abdul Wahab went to meet his creator on Sep 6, 2016 morning, inna lillah we wa inna ilaihi rajioon . The news brought flashbacks of se...