Shah Nawaz Mohal

It decides our fates, fortunes and misfortunes Tucked uncomfortably between two bitter brothers and an avowed enemy, Pakistan continues to exist, even obstinately, in one of the most hostile

What causes the mightiest of us to perish sans redemption? Few of us become momentary masters of lives and fates of great many. These few are adored by those who believe them to be s

All things solemn and serious are sidelined and buried How long does it take for a book to delight us? Well, way more than it takes for an Instagram post to sedate us, more than a Ti

The march of humanity continues amidst laughs and sobs Man, as understood by Protagoras, is the measure of all things. But alas, most of mankind measures everything- from deities to dust stor

Are we witnessing the end of an era where journalism meant holding power to account? Another Herald perished. And with it another voice of dissent has been silenced. What remains to be seen i

Will Kashmir keep on burning to cinders and keep on gathering its ashes? Evil has once again returned to the valley. Heaven on earth is, once again, jolted to its core by all things

Stories, not facts, shape, reshape and tell us who we areFictions unite us. Reality divides us. We escape from reality through fiction as we make sense of the former through the latter. Fictio

The zenith and the abyss, are two extremes those hankering after power occupy  How things will look and feel and behave once the tsunami is over, no one knows. We have are guesses, hopes and

While knowing that it is easy for us to be fooled by truths more than liesWe are the preachers of truth. We teach our children to tell the truth. We expect our friends to be truthful. We belie

Every waking hour we are in character, playing one role or the otherWhether you memorise the dialogues or improvise on the spot, you are playing yourself. Whether you are the bad, evil villain

We make amends, right wrongs, pay penance through the written wordWriting serves many purposes. We write to communicate, to express feelings, to see before our eyes the chaotic thoughts in our

How acquisitiveness shapes everything around and about us We buy and consume, therefore we are. We consume calories to live. We consume heat to survive. We consume water to exist. We consume