Articles & Column

(Pictures Credit: Fayyaz Baqir) Local government election and autumn season have set Ottawa ablaze in October. Ottawas’ tree-lined streets are lit up with various shades of red, crimson, brown, and yellow. Ducks, pigeons, geese, squirrels, and Seagulls are still playing around the lakes and water […]

Punjab University New Campus of late sixties and early seventies was serene, clean and refreshing. It was designed by world renowned Greek urban designer and architectural firm, Doxidas and built under US Aid program. Uniquely open concept set within fruit orchards. A canal separated the […]

We have moved from a government specializing in kicking dust to one that excels in firefighting. Firefighting has been our mode of governance for most of the post-independence decades. We need to make a very painful transition if we want to embark on the path […]

Memories of friends are a double edged sword. They strengthen you; yet torment when remembering those no longer with us. These thoughts were recently triggered while attending a get-together in Mississauga in memory of Late Shahid Rashdi who left us four years ago. His daughter […]

Robertson Work’s Earthling Love is a journey of the third eye, gazing at the curtain of mystery. It sees the dance of life as described in poem 201287.2 and reveals that division hurts and unity heals. Healing begins by discovering the breath because it is […]

Most people thrive in sharing positive stories about themselves. A wise friend, senior to me, once advised that acknowledging a deprecating incident keeps you humble and grounded. It has served me well over the years. An aunt, who was very close to my mother, visited […]

Self is the mirror of the world around us. The battle that takes place in the outside world at the same time takes place in each individual’s inside world. Victory or defeat of the forces in the inner world is reflected in the outer world. […]

“Besharam de pith tey bota agua, kanda bhlaa hoya chawain bethan gay.” Translates “a tree grew on the back of a shameless guy, he said great I will sit in shade;” surrounded by nastiness and unrelenting greed; this is how you describe the prevalent situation. […]

“Gidr de maut aaway te shehr wal dorda aay.” “When it’stime for a jackal to die, it runs towards the city.” With a Punjabi background, it is easy to pick a folklore that conveys it all in few words. That is what is happening to […]

Ruling elites in Pakistan have lost the moral legitimacy to lead in the public eye because of their extremely low performance. Consider. Pakistan has generously received foreign funding for economic and social development during the last 70 years but it has resulted in a dismal […]