Raoof Hasan

Candid CornerLet’s put off petty politics for another occasion“Someone I once loved gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift.”Mary

Candid CornerWhat is required is a change of mindset. Nothing less will do“Dad?” she said. “Do you want some coffee,” he asked? “Are you okay?” She shook her head. No. “There are

Candid CornerBuried under heaps of invective, a nation is lost for direction“Confronted with such flagrant acts of intolerance, such abuses of the freedom of speech, a free society must su

The promise, the challenges and the failures Candid Corner “When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, when it seems as though you could not hang on a minute long

Candid CornerEnveloped in ambiguities, difficult is the path to peace“If only there were evil people out there insidiously committing evil deeds, and if it were just simple, we could separ

Echoes of despair mired in grimeCandid Corner “A silver-tongued charlatan and a half-wit society are made for each other. When these two come together in an election, a great di

Compromises breed mafias and parasites Candid Corner Caesar: The ides of March are come.Soothsayer: Ay, Caesar, but not gone.William Shakespeare: “Julius Caesar”&nbsp

Squandering a great opportunityCandid Corner“If I try to seize this self of which I feel sure, if I try to define and to summarise it, it is nothing but water slipping through my fingers

Candid Corner An awareness revolution and the courage to demand “Oh, tell me, who first declared, who first proclaimed that man only does nasty things because he does not

Candid Corner An opportunity, nevertheless, for undertaking genuine reform “Is it not a noble farce wherein kings, republics and emperors have, for so many ages, played t

Candid Corner Mafias pose a generational challenge The withering of flowersThe unceasing tears from the skyThe lamps without lightThe shattered mirrorsDead

Candid Corner Deepening scars on the face of Pakistan “You may choose to look the other way, but you can never say again that you did not know.”– William Wilberforc