Faraz Talat

Are non-readers permitted to feel smart?As a fat child, I’d quietly surrendered to what seemed inevitable: that I’d never be the athletic or the strong kid. Cute maybe, but never a handsome la

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It’s the type of feminism that catches your eye and demands action.In the wake of the controversial Aurat March, the expected masculine meltdown was in equal parts infuriating and hilarious. The b

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Why do we respect power and distrust ourselves?Perhaps my reliance on anecdotal evidence should not be unconditionally trusted, but has anyone else felt an unmistakable lack of love from the Pakis

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Talking helpsDepression has a way of getting people to make decisions that are entirely contrary to their economic interests and personal well-being. A conversation or a healthy social interac

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And who decides?It’s unsurprising that the loudest calls for stripping the notorious ‘ISIS bride’ of her British citizenship are coming from brown British people. White people’

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Thank you Gora Sahib!One remembers with justifiable bitterness a time before Europe’s wholesale annexation of ‘civility’.The ‘adaab’ of the multicultural East were no less comple

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They aren’t poor simply because they haven’t tried being richPoverty is nobody’s fault but the establishment’s.On the 11th of January, the government of Pakistan’s official handl

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Why do you need a drawing room? A drawing room has the dual property of being not only the most expensive room in your house, but also the most inefficient. It is<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2019/01/10/finding-joy-in-fewer-things/" title="Read more" >...</a>

You are important too  Thank you, dear civilian, for your service. I feel that this isn’t said enough. And consequently, despite our constant financial and sociopolitical struggles that keep the country afloat,<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/12/27/a-tribute-to-a-civilian/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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It’s not clear when marriage was invented It’s imperative to acknowledge that a marriage is not a natural relationship among consenting adults. It’s an institution invented to determine the legitimacy of a<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/12/20/how-marriage-enables-inequality/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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Steaks are ‘masculine’ and salads are ‘feminine’ Masculinity cannot be gauged by one’s insensitivity to suffering. PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) is no stranger to controversy. It’s an international<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/12/07/in-praise-of-sensitive-men/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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We are not used to being heard We never know how much we don’t know. The highest and the most ominous form of censorship is not only about censoring content, but hiding<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/11/29/after-faiz/" title="Read more" >...</a>