Pakistan’s youth: The ideological challenge
From the Blog pakteahouse Pakistani Leaders have abused religion and Anti-America slogans to achieve political gains for decades. This has created a society where committing barbarities in the name of Religion or using Anti-America sentiment is Kosher. For decades our youth have been in filled with Ideas that Taliban are fighting a “Holy War” against the Imperialist and Anti Islam forces thus their barbarities are overlooked. [View the story "Pakistan’s youth: The ideological challenge" on Storify] pakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
The 1947 Partition Archive: Preserving the Past
From the Blog sonyarehman *By Sonya Rehman* Even those of us who have been direct beneficiaries of the world’s digital media revolution are finding it increasingly challenging to retain and sort through information. The chance to mull over a certain story, opinion piece, or photo-essay is fast becoming a luxury. The makers and takers of news are forgetting how to* reflect*; real analysis is getting lost in the adrenaline rush of instant gratification and consumption. It is for this reason, and this reason alone, that the *need* to preserve and archive stories from our shared past become so very vital. Why? Identity. Understanding who we came from and what we endured, the paths our ancestors walked and the paths we tread upon today. The 1947 Partition Archive, established in 2011, is one such oral histopakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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