Ever since the Usman Mirza and Zahir Jaffer incidents, I've been asking myself "what could be worse than this?" and every other week I've been getting a new answer.
i love watching lectures on youtube from fields i never study formally. i love regularly listening to people who have spent decades thinking about something i have only just encountered on a random afternoon. the world is far larger than the small corner of it i happen to inhabit
amongst the many enlightening things that were said here, I can't seem to get past "you don't have to do anything if you're a woman, especially if you're pretty"
This is the reality behind why Al Jazeera was reportedly banned in Pakistan yesterday. This is the current situation in Muzaffarabad.
#kashmirbleeds#muzaffarabad
If the Pakistani state is so convinced that Al Jazeera is "misrepresenting" facts re Kashmir, why not engage with the international media & challenge its reporting with evidence? Banning int press only reinforces concerns about shrinking civic space & denial of fundamental rights
I'm open to debating how to revamp subnational governance but for some reason, all I can see when I look at this map is 5 times the current number of chief secretaries, provincial babus with land entitlements, MPAs with development funds, tax codes & legal/regulatory structures.
I love people who are intellectually omnivorous.
The kind who can discuss folklore, black holes, bird migration, poetry, and grocery store pricing in a single conversation without getting lost.
refusing to believe that i sat on this really cool podcast by @tabahitooba and @SabaImtiaz thats been keeping me company during a particularly arduous task at work
"Trickle down economics doesn't work, so let's try piñata economics. That's the one where we beat the billionaires until the hoarded wealth falls out."