Hasan Aftab Saeed

And the way it continues to be misusedBertrand Russell’s teapot made its first appearance in ‘Is there a God’, an article which was commissioned but never published by Illustrated magazi

The piety brigade strikes againOne would not usually expect three letters to trigger such a furore. Last week’s commotion on the social media was started by nothing more than a benign RIP wi

More on PowerPoint in educationIn an article published in these pages entitled ‘Too much of a bad thing’, I had listed some reasons why PowerPoint was a bad idea in teaching. This was more

With a brief survey of ‘good’ and ‘evil’, reward and punishmentThis is one of the most misunderstood concepts among Muslims, especially in the Indian sub-continent and its diaspora in

The good, the bad and the uglyCoronavirus is without doubt the scariest thing faced by man in living memory, barring the people of Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan, Mexico and many Afric

It’s a matter of degreesWhen it comes to subjects one doesn’t quite have a grip on, there is a time-honoured tradition to announce upfront that one is not an expert in the field, and follo

On guidance and blessingIt’s always disturbing when a fellow Muslim, apparently in all sincerity, says things that are explicitly prohibited by the Quran. For example, the Quran makes it abu

Where have all those men gone?A colleague recently visited Sadiq Public School. Listening to him talk about the old school; the feelings were not very different from what Ghalib’s must have

And rather charming lies You would have encountered science enthusiasts who have let their enthusiasm get the better of themselves. This type of a person believes that science, even if it hasn’t...

Thank God for scienceOne of the negatives of living in the age of science is that it is very easy not to appreciate our immense debt to scientists and the studies they keep publishing for the

And countrywomen too, of courseThis week I had intended to write on a topic closer to my heart, but the ongoing feminism hoo-ha has put paid to that. So much for intentions! I could still have

On the evolution of safety razorsIt’s not clear when and who shaved his face for the first time in history. And why. Since most everything has a habit of starting in ancient Egypt or China,