Tag: society
A Satire on a Free Bus Ride in Karachi
A Satire on a Bus Ride in Karachi A BUS RIDE: My funny experience! By Rafiq Ebrahim. rafiq.ebrahim#gmail.com Twitter handle #faisfaiz (Replace # with @). Just to get a taste of the good old days, I got an urge to…
Paintings to Remember: A Narrative Nonfiction by Rafiq Ebrahim
ED: Welcome to our great new writer, Rafiq Ebrahim! From the composer Modest Mussorgsky’s ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’ to the Alexander Sokurov movie, ‘Russian Ark,’ galleries have been well recognised as assortments of ‘ikons’ that can all point beyond themselves…
Random Thoughts (XVII): Alt-Islam, Alt-Right, Alt-Europe!
It’s time to get some more hard-hitting, punching commentary! So if you have any thoughts of your own, on any topic, you know what to do! Christians, Atheists and Islam I don’t really agree with the New Atheist movement or…
Book Review: “Ideology: An Introduction” by Terry Eagleton
Anything with ‘introduction’ in the title can easily appear off-putting to the more thoughtful and reflexive reader; promise me you won’t let that happen! This is a very serious and (rather unsurprisingly) an extraordinarily witty romp through the history of…
Liberty Snippets #1: What’s Wrong With Being Divisive?
#1 Liberty is Not Love. Liberty is not love. Liberty is a hammer I use to demolish the birdcage of every foul and putrid idol of the forum. Let freedom blaze! đź–¤ #2 Is it Better to Unite or to…
Max Polyakov Talks About Economics which are Based on Knowledge
Due to the continuing process of transformation in society and the economy, the definition of the Economics of Knowledge has become very popular.
An Age of Cynicism? Or is this Every Age?
Sometimes, in a cynical and jaded age (so what else is new?) we turn away in disgust at simplicity, vulnerability, gentleness, sweetness, innocence.
Fellow Asperger’s People: ‘Society’ Owes You Nothing
Here, I am quoting some of my tweets from November 14, 2016. You can probably guess what facets of my identity motivate these tweets. If you have autism, ‘Society’ owes you nothing!