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Pervez Hoodbhoy
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How does India’s New Education Policy compare with Pakistan’s recent single national curriculum?
In both places, majoritarian consensus against their respective religious minorities will be hugely strengthened.
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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In Pakistan, women are upending centuries of patriarchy – and men must catch up
Pakistan’s Aurat March from earlier this month is a sign of the times.
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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Why have Saudi Arabia and the UAE failed to express support for Pakistan’s position on Kashmir?
Both places are autocracies, where the people cannot be allowed to express their will and advocating democracy is a punishable crime.
Pervez Hoodbhoy
Trending
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‘Physical building of WhatsApp University’: Satire on viral video of Galgotias University students
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Shifting goalposts: AIFF chief Kalyan Chaubey needs to come clean on the ISL not having relegation
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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Faltering economy, poor citizens, South Asia’s bully: The reality of India’s global ambitions
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Why are so many young Indians trading in cryptocurrency, especially in tier-two cities?
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Opinion: Pakistan could never reach the Moon because it didn’t have its own Nehru
If Narendra Modi were the prime minister of India 70-80 years ago, the country today would be pursuing astrology instead of astronomy.
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Pervez Hoodbhoy: What is it that Pakistan wants anyway?
India could have dealt with Kashmir differently. But Imran Khan must realise that Jaish-e-Mohammed and others of its ilk are not the answer.
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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Why Bangladesh’s economy is growing much faster than Pakistan’s – and what India has to do with that
Eschewing militarism in favour of human development, Bangladesh set its initial priorities correctly.
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Video
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‘Physical building of WhatsApp University’: Satire on viral video of Galgotias University students
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Watch: Meet Sparkles, the new avatar of Boston Dynamics’ robot dog with a special costume
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Watch: Diljit Dosanjh invites young fan on stage, dances with him during his sold-out Vancouver show
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Watch: School authorities turn classroom into swimming pool to encourage attendance during heatwave
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Watch: Woman recreates pet parrot’s choreography
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In Imran Khan’s Naya Pakistan, the removal of an Ahmadi economist shows power of religious bias
The backlash to Atif Mian’s appointment came not just from rival parties but from within the new prime minister’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf too.
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As Modi undermines Nehru, India is becoming Pakistan’s mirror image
But it is still not that easy to banish the legacy of the first prime minister, writes the prominent Pakistani scientist.
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In Pakistan, Punjab has set an example by removing hate from its school textbooks
The new material is printed on decent paper and includes subjects that were earlier blacked out.
Pervez Hoodbhoy
The Reel
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Watch: In animated prequel, Baahubali and Bhallaladeva unite to defeat the warlord Raktadeva
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‘Naach Ga Ghuma’ review: Soft landings in saga of a woman and her missing maid
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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‘The Fall Guy’ review: Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt sparkle in entertaining action comedy
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‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ trailer: Barry Jenkins directs prequel to 2019 photorealistic animated film
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‘Holy men’, theirs and ours: If India has Ram Rahim, Pakistan has its pirs and mullahs
The self-styled messenger of god was recently convicted of rape by an Indian court.
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From Pakistan’s Mashal Khan to India’s Pehlu Khan, what is the psychology behind lynching?
Much of the Pakistani public, tacitly or openly, endorses violent punishment of suspected blasphemers.
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Who is Pakistan's enemy number one?
Could there be something more dangerous than corruption, bad governance and religious terrorism? Indian and American conspiracies?
Pervez Hoodbhoy
The Field
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Hockey, FIH Pro League: Salima Tete to lead Indian women’s team for European leg
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Badminton, Thomas and Uber Cup 2024: Indian women exit in quarter-final after loss to Japan
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Squash, Saurav Ghosal interview: ‘People enjoyed watching me, this was the legacy I wanted to leave’
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Boxing, Asian U22 & Youth C’ships: Aryan, Yashwardhan, Priyanshu among Indians in semi-finals
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Shifting goalposts: AIFF chief Kalyan Chaubey needs to come clean on the ISL not having relegation