South Asia Citizens Web

Six years ago while on a speaking tour of nearly 25 schools, colleges and universities across India, I discovered that only a handful of students had ever seen a living, breathing Pakistani. None had heard an academic from across the border speak. A 12-year-old school student, who obviously did not know Hindi and Urdu were similar, wondered aloud how a real Pakistani could be speaking their language. For these puzzled students, Pakistanis are alien people belonging to an adversary country, not next-door neighbours.

Pakistani human rights lawyer Asma Jahangir discusses U.S.-Pakistan relations and the fragility of the Pakistani democracy. A Council on Foreign Relations video

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women should in fact be allowed to buy alcohol just like any Sri Lankan man can and that it is absurd to prohibit the possession of alcohol in a public place but also because over the years there has been an insidious shift in Sri Lanka’s attitude towards women.

A moral panic over women’s behaviour is slowly creeping across the country driven by the state but also other actors such as the clergy.

Nuclear power is neither cheap, nor ‘clean’ nor safe. Yet, politicians, in ignorance and scientists, with bias, and industry in greed, harp on its virtues. ‘Look before you leap,’ is an old adage. Our government seems to have leapt blindly into the nuclear power cesspool. Is it too late to commence the ardours climb out of this hellhole? When it comes to human life, it is never too late. The answer to our energy needs lies in renewable and clean sources, which we have in abundance.