The Imran Khan government has all but surrendered to Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan by telling producer Sarmad Khoosat to delay release of ‘Zindagi Tamasha’.
The issue of inequality has assumed the blazing limelight at a time when inequality in India is said to be higher than it was in the British Raj. It's a ripe situation for half-truths and incendiary statements.
Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
Ours is a hidebound, traditionalist society mired not so much in physical backwardness as in mental backwardness. Only a sick society living in the past would indulge in the kind of extended Sharia debates which seem to be one of our regular pastimes. Ayaz Amir, 14/2/14 The News.
Far from projecting Pakistani culture as tolerant, civilised and vibrant, we have come across as a harsh, monochrome and violent society. Our women are viewed as subjugated, and our minorities as victims of institutionalised oppression. Whether flawed or not, this is the prism through which Pakistan is viewed across much of the world. We can argue all we like about this picture being false, but perceptions are not easy to change. DAWN
Zindagi Tamsa should b released in India Nationwide ll JNU Students to watch it?
Ours is a hidebound, traditionalist society mired not so much in physical backwardness as in mental backwardness. Only a sick society living in the past would indulge in the kind of extended Sharia debates which seem to be one of our regular pastimes. Ayaz Amir, 14/2/14 The News.
Far from projecting Pakistani culture as tolerant, civilised and vibrant, we have come across as a harsh, monochrome and violent society. Our women are viewed as subjugated, and our minorities as victims of institutionalised oppression. Whether flawed or not, this is the prism through which Pakistan is viewed across much of the world. We can argue all we like about this picture being false, but perceptions are not easy to change. DAWN
”The film is also a commentary on the hypocrisy of society.” Nothing new here.