I posted a video on my YouTube channel with a reflection on having left two careers. Most people would consider leaving a career as a sort of failure, but what I highlight in the video is that a lot [...]
Provided below is a transcript of my Youtube video on the topics of Authenticity and Essentialism. Video: Transcript Hello, welcome to Postcolonial Space I'm here again today trying to explain two more concepts relevant to post-colonial studies and those [...]
Since 2014, Pakistan has become increasingly opposed to Valentine’s Day and its celebrations. In 2016, president Mamnoon Hussain, who was infamous for his absence from the political scene, urged people to not celebrate Valentine’s Day. Hussain was so invested [...]
I’m sure by now all of us are familiar with Dunk TV series controversy. Pakistanis on social media are divided in two factions about this series: i) those who are strongly against the series and believe that it further [...]
The Power and Price of Dissent Dissent is a sentiment or philosophy of non-agreement or opposition to a prevailing idea or an entity. The term's antonyms include agreement, consensus and consent, when one party agrees to a proposition made by [...]
Introduction What is being liberal? If you just do a cursory survey of how liberals or liberalism is seen by conservatives in the United States and in Pakistan, a few things stand out in these misrepresentations of liberals and [...]
Introduction Receiving the GCUF shield from VC Dr. Shahid Kamal. Also in the picture, DR. Mazhar Hayat, Dean Social Sciences About a month ago, I had announced on this website that I had been invited to give [...]
Monthly Summary, July 2019 We are adding this monthly summary of Postcolonial Space, as the frequency of our blog posts has increased. The point is to provide every month, on one page, links to all the blog entries published [...]
Introduction Today I want to write about using Grammarly, the grammar aid program, for scholarly writing. As a scholar of postcolonial studies, even though most of my published work is in English, I still sometimes make simple grammar mistakes. [...]
