Has Growth Become A Trendy Aesthetic?
Are you feeling productive because you actually grew or justbecause your routines look perfect? Growth has been looking very specific lately. Cleaned desks, color-coded planners, and minimal notebooks.Healthy smoothies, avocado toasts, and matching gym sets.Every item promises efficiency and discipline. Just perfect productive routines filmed in soft lighting. Mondelez InternationalInternal If you’ve watched self-improvement content […]
Why Gen Z is Questioning Religion more than our Previous Generations?
Let’s clear something up first that Gen Z faces the most in currently scenarios: Gen-Z isn’t “anti-religion.” Gen-Z is anti-hypocrisy, anti-control, and anti-blind obedience. For the first time in history, an entire generation is asking religious questions out loud, not in whispers, not in guilt, but in public. And our older generations are already panicking, […]
Why Reading Is Important
“You don’t have to burn libraries (or books) to destroy a culture. Just get people to stopreading them.” Ray Bradbury(Fahrenhite 451) Introduction: Reading as a Silent Power Reading is one of the most powerful intellectual habits a human being can develop. Itoperates quietly, without display, yet its influence is profound and lasting. While the actitself […]
Nicotine & Its Effects on the Autonomic Nervous System
Nicotine dependence(addiction) remains a major global public health challenge. Despite widespread awareness of harms of smoking, tobacco & nicotine use continues to contribute significantly to morbidity and mortality. Nicotine plays a crucial role in this by reinforcing addictive behavior and prolonged exposure to harmful substances. In Pakistan, nicotine consumption occurs through various means which include […]
Roots and Reflections: A story of my village and Beyond
Shahkot , A picturesque village nestled in the heavenly Neelum Valley of Azad Kashmir , renowned for its breathtaking natural beauty and serene ambiance. The village’s beauty was so captivating that people came far and wide to witness it . It was the only village in the entire Neelum Valley with a river flowing in […]
Why is our society afraid of intelligent people?
Hazel was an innocent girl born in a modern city of a third world country- Pakistan,where not every child goes to school, and has big dreams. On the day of her birth, herparents were happy like every other parent and wanted to provide her the bestresources for growth and education as possible. But, as Hazel […]
The Palestinian Conundrum and Betrayal of Brothers
Palestine is a geographic region in the Middle East, also known as the Holy Land. Theword ‘Palestine’ derives from the Greek word ‘Philistia,’ which means land of Philistines.As a spokesman of common people, I wanna say that Palestinians do indeed exist; weare individuals with hearts, minds, and hopes. As human beings, we have the right […]
A Generation Of Dilemma & Exotic Diaspora
They swipe before they speak, they stream before they watch, and questionbeforethey accept — welcome to Generation Z. Zoomers (or Gen Z) refers to a demographiccohort born between 1997 and 2012, bridging between Millennials (Gen Y) andGeneration Alpha. A year ago, I watched a movie named “iBoy” and recently came acrossa book named “iGen” authored […]
The Unfinished Debate: Civil–Military Imbalance in Pakistan
The civil military imbalance is one of the most significant problems that have influenced Pakistan politics and has contributed to it as long as it exists. The issue regarding the real holders of power in the country is yet to be resolved even to date. The governments have shifted, the constitutions have been revised, and […]
Pakistan at the Crossroads: Stability or Another Lost Decade?
Pakistan is back on the crossroad of choice. The problem that has faced the country today is not one of political transformation or economic salvaging but about direction; whether Pakistan finally shifts into a stable and reformed country or will it sink into another decade of crisis management, institutional stasis, and citizen disillusionment? This question […]