Society & Culture

Children Facing Polio: Call For the Right to Vaccination and Health

Pakistan is a country where C.S. Lewis's saying does not apply. Lewis wrote that children are not a distraction from more important work. It is...

Social Media and Climate Discourse: A Double-Edged Sword for Global Advocacy

As the impacts of climate change intensify, digital media has become central to public perception and discourse, amplifying both awareness and misinformation. Platforms like...

The Urgency of Textile Waste in Nations and Its Implications for the SDGs and Pollution

Textile waste is a pressing global environmental and socio-economic issue. The textile industry, driven by fast fashion, contributes significantly to pollution, resource depletion, and...

The Shore:  On Poets, Schiller And Making Mention Of The Goethean Observation

This is a prose poem that on the face of it in so many words is for children in conflict, war and genocide around...

Climate Change: Science, Impacts, Mitigation, and Financing at COP29

This article discusses the scientific mechanisms driving climate change, its environmental and socio-economic impacts, and strategies to mitigate its effects. It also highlights the...

Pakistan: A child counts the stars in the darkness

Let's be honest, in a world that is changing with Trump's election in America and the shift towards values very different from those previously...

Climate Refugees and Agriculture: Why Diplomacy Must Address Migration Caused by Failing Crops

The impacts of climate change are hitting hard, and for communities’ dependent on agriculture, the stakes couldn't be higher. Droughts, floods, and relentless weather...

Finding Awe, Reading Poems On A Starry Night And German-born South African Poetess Silke Heiss

“The heart wants what it wants,” sings the American pop artist, actress and mental health advocate Selena Gomez on my mobile phone. I am...

Women In Pakistan: Education does not provide security when you live in Hell

A BBC investigation reveals that women working in hospitals in Pakistan say that they regularly face sexual harassment, violence, and verbal abuse from male...

The Long Road Of Mentorship: My Friend, The Poet Mzi Mahola And A Country Of Stones

South African Mzi Mahola, selfless poet, gifted confidante, writer, author, had a lot to be proud of in my books. He knew and understood...

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