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Pluralism Center believes diversity hiring can make social media platforms great
Religious discrimination is on the rise across the world and must be contained before it harms businesses and our social progress. In this age of social media outreach, diversity of views from employees can help the...Sep 7, 2020 630 0 -
The Barking Crow – A Short Story
I was dying of thirst and rain had been banished from the skies. The clouds were intoxicated elephants waving their trunks at me, their shapes transforming into a vortex of steam. I longed to ascend and...Sep 5, 2020 2337 0 -
The speech that defeated the cruelest tyrant
Once I was at my office at the HEC in Islamabad and a government employee of a junior rank next to my office came to say salaam to me, probably curious about one of the few...Sep 5, 2020 3177 1 -
Coronavirus disruption causes loss of $320 billion in tourism exports
Shutdowns of global travel and trade in the midst of raging coronavirus pandemic have cost the world $320 billion in tourism exports, and the recovery appears to be a slow-paced process. Data from the UN World...Sep 2, 2020 720 0 -
Iqbal interpreted and conveyed the message of Karbala in uniquely profound ways – Scholars
Gopi Chand Narang, a leading scholar of Urdu language and literature, has said Allama Iqbal stands unique in his profound expression of the message of Karbala, where Hazrat Imam Hussain and his family offered a sublime...Aug 28, 2020 2171 0 -
Why an Andalusian novel on human bonding with Nature is relevant to COVID times
The story of Hayy ibn Yaqdhan is as unlikely as is its impact on the world centuries after it was written. The twelfth century novel was written by Abu Bakr Ibn Tufail, advisor to the ruler in Marrakesh,...Aug 25, 2020 786 0 -
UN reports stigma and violence against communities since coronavirus breakout
The United Nations has warned of rising intolerance against vulnerable communities around the world since the outbreak of coronavirus often manifesting itself in the form of blaming campaign and violence. “A surge in stigma and racist...Aug 22, 2020 696 0 -
Pakistani-American scientist is the first woman to be dean of MIT’s School of Science
Nergis Mavalvala, a famed Pakistani-American astrophysicist, will be the new dean of the School of Science at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology from next month. She will be the first woman to serve as dean...Aug 18, 2020 9178 10 -
Reclaiming the ideals of Indian pluralism and coexistence
India is one of the first nations on the earth to practice pluralism, respecting the others’ otherness. While the Hindu ethos considers the world as one family, also known as Vasudhaiva Kutumbukum, the Islamic, Christian, and...Aug 15, 2020 963 0 -
India and Pakistan: Searching for Humanity in South Asia
Relations between India and Pakistan have entered a period of darkness, as the Indian and Pakistani governments refuse to engage in any sort of dialogue. The South Asian giants continue to spar over a range of...Aug 15, 2020 1003 0