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Saturday, April 23, 2022

Sustainability vs Digital Transformation or Digital Disruption or Digital Slavery: Growth of Digital Disempowerment

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Digital transformation and sustainability challenges: Internet and convergence of technologies have created a digital takeover of all aspec...

Why corrupt are not caught in pakistan

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Corruption and corrupt. Who is responsible To a person claiming corruption of politicians: اگر اتنے ہی کرپٹ تھے تو مشرف نے اپنے 9 سالہ ڈکٹیٹ...

Disillusion of Youth In Search of Saviors in Pakistan: Hopes Pinned on Saviors, Not Principles

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My dear ambitious, energetic youth:  Please pin your hopes on principles not people. You are bound to be disappointed if you pin your hopes ...

Why this epidemic of depression and psychosis - Death of Permanence

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Why there is such a widespread epidemic of depression and psychosis in the world?  Too much change, happening too fast and robbing us of the...

Why are Stupids more Dangerous than Bandits and Thieves

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Framework for understanding stupidity: Time for self-introspection 🤔. اپنا بھی فائدہ کرتا ہے اور دوسروں کا بھی فائدہ کرتا ہے vs اپنا بھی نق...
Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Incompetence is the Mother of Corruption

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    Incompetence is the Mother of Corruption l Dr. Irfan Hyder Typically, the conventional wisdom is that "corruption is the mother of ...

Experiments to Control Democracy in Pakistan

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مرض بڑھتا گیا جوں جوں دوا کی Pakistan is so fond of changing the system of governance: We have changed the system every few year...
Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Why School Priorities Have Changed

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  How short-term observations can lead to faulty solutions? What was important 50 years ago is not important today. See the following post ...
Thursday, September 16, 2021

Technology is as good as the people using it: EVM Technology is just a tool. Its user determines the quality of output

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Installing cameras for fighting crime and tax evasion, using computer technology for removing corruption, and implementing EVMs for ensuring...

EVMs will fail in Pakistan because it is more of a management problem than a technology problem

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EVM is a much bigger logistics & management problem than a technology problem! Assuming EVMs are technologically feasible, now please wo...
Wednesday, September 8, 2021

A Drive on a Rickety Cycle and Sufistic Thought by Shah M Ismail Rauf

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This is a story/article written by my dear mamoo  Shah M Ismail written around 1953-55. Today September 8, 2021 is his 22nd death anniversar...
Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Partition, Broken Families, Migration Ethos: Bharat ko Janey Waley by Fatima Khatoon

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Farewell picture of my grandfather Abdul Ghani Hyder's return in June 1951 with the extended family. Research for names of those in Pic ...

Is Marriage an Imprisonment? Feminism, Relationships and Freedom from Responsibilities

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کیا شادی قید بامشقت ہے؟   This post is triggered by FB posts which mentioned marriage as imprisonment with hard labor: "قید بامشقت...
Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Phuppi Tufail Fatima Care for Family and Parents

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My phuppi Tufail Fatima breathed her last yesterday August 23, 2021. She was 103 years of age. Her birth-year (called ism-tareekh  اسم  تاری...

Ism e Tareekh and Qata e Wafat: How Birth and Death Years were remembered in History

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Ism-e- tareekh ( اسم تاریخ) was the name computed from the year of birth. There are numbers assigned to each letter of the alphabet. Sum of ...
Sunday, August 1, 2021

Teachers at ICB/IMS

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Sitting Sir Manzoor Ahmed Khan (English), Sir Nafees Siddiqui (English), Principal MKA Beg, Madam Shuja Zaidi (Headmistress), Si...
Sunday, July 18, 2021

Self awareness and layers of intentions

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Self-awareness is the process of discovering deeper levels of intentions. Whenever we are disturbed and feel an urge to respond or act on a ...
Thursday, July 15, 2021

Elegance, Love and Principles in Roman Holiday

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One of the most memorable endings of a movie. I have thought a lot about the emotions and feelings generated by this movie since my early sc...

Happiness and Forgive and Forget Rule

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Forgive and forget rule for happiness!  The question to ask is whether you want to be happy or not! اے شمع تیری عمر طبیعی ہے ایک رات  ہنس کر...
Sunday, July 4, 2021

How to Identify Synthesis in the tables of your PhD Literature Survey

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Instructions to my PhD students: Please note that The taxonomy master and taxonomy detail are only a "structured" way of organizin...