Shah Nawaz Mohal

In times of a global pandemic, let us traverse the peaks and valleys of laughter You hear the jarring laughter roar through screens big and small. The anchor-cum-comedian-cum-intellectual-cum

Eternally suspended between doubt and fear, how we betray our loveTo be or not to be, asked Hamlet. An absolutely apt question, it was. However, it was also his failure to choose between eithe

The Eternal strife continues between two sexesOnce upon a time, the lines were neither blurred nor ignored. They were clearly drawn, meticulously obeyed and upheld by those who drew and respec

‘Bhai’ is alive but gone, will he make a comeback? Probably notAnd then he lived long enough to become the clown. All past feats withered away. All authority lost. All that he made is now

Merely voting does not mean participating in the democratic process We are an election-loving nation. Whether in schools, market committees, bars, press clubs, union council level, provincial

Revisiting stifled, bruised and precarious lives of our children Let us revisit what happened two years back. It created a lot of media attention. The public at large was scared. The

Out of fear to lose what can’t be India’s, the Kashmir question remains unanswered    Last week, once again, Pakistan celebrated the 20th Kashmir Solidarity Day. Beyond all the bells a

Ours is a history rife with saviors and messiahs, failing us one after the otherFor those who haven’t read Samuel Beckett’s ‘Waiting for Godot’, let me summarize the play as best as I

Islands of prosperity and affluence will soon be devoured by inequality and want Let us start with a cliché, ‘If you’re born poor it is not your mistake, but if you die poor it is your

Drug addiction as a temporary escape from our frustrations, uncertainties and all-engulfing ennuiTo escape from the mundane, dull, boring, soul crushing, life-draining reality has been an endl

How the country has outlived many a monomaniacs and fools during its existence ‘In America, anyone can become President. That’s the problem.’ remarked the legendary comedian la

The enmity is instinctive Many believe the world has gone to the dogs. Fewer and fewer are hopeful about it coming back from the precipice where chaos, entropy and sheer jingoism is b