Mishaal Pasha Oct 25, 2024 3 min read In Pakistan, educational institutions are categorized into streams, private or military, attached to the forces, mainly the army. The differences between these two types are evident, be it from their curriculum or the students they produce. While at Bahria College, a Pakistan Navy-run institution in Karachi, I […]
Media products, in one way or the other, have influenced the prevailing stereotypes in our society. The notorious male gaze has played an essential role in creating this hostile environment, specifically for women. “Scars to your beautiful” by Alessia Cara is one song that has attempted to break that idea. It eloquently explains how the […]
Shafaq Shabahat-25090079 Nov 10, 2021 2 min read The transition in the awareness phase is something I’ve always admired about our generation. Over the course of my life, I’ve witnessed the evolution of that consciousness on a variety of themes, as well as in comparison to previous generations. Raising awareness is fundamental, whether it’s about […]
Mishaal Pasha Oct 4, 2024 3 min read Syria and Afghanistan have gone through years of war and instability, and their education system did not escape unscathed. Schools that once flourished were turned to dust, and scores of school-age children did not have safe places to go, let alone learn. Parents had to escape, teachers […]
Over the past decade, the issue of plagiarism in Bollywood movies has become more prominent. Filmmakers are so fixated on making money that they aren’t willing to take the risk that comes with making an original story. In recent years, almost every Bollywood movie has been inspired by either a Hollywood movie, or from some […]
25020297 Nov 25, 2024 2 min read In his book, “Orientalism”, he speaks of the Orient woman as an entity who never speaks for herself but is a passive agent managed by the coloured mind. Throughout popular media, one comes across the presentation of the coloured woman as she who is shown as a suppressed […]
Ali Raza Khan – 24020484 Jul 4, 2022 2 min read Most Pakistanis are brought up speaking Urdu and English, our national and official languages. Many of us slip into English during ordinary conversation rather than speaking Urdu. Even those who struggle with English do their hardest to smuggle in a line or two because they believe […]
“Redemption Song” emerged in 1980 as the final track on Bob Marley and the Wailers’ final album, “Uprising”. The song stands out from other tracks as it deviates from the reggae genre that Marley and other Rastafarian artists of the time popularised. The genre was commonly associated with themes of social justice and spiritual commentaries […]
Aqsa Manzoor 24090082 Aug 20, 2021 1 min read Hopes of social transformations and eradicating societal inequalities are often placed on education, but what if the same institutions and the system that is supposed to eliminate societal inequalities is the start amplifying and perpetuating these problems? Well, that’s precisely the predicament that we’re looking at, […]
Rida Salman Jun 9, 2024 3 min read The empowerment of women, can often be compromised in media representations by objectifying them. Although these representations claim to emphasise a woman’s strength and skill, they also limit them to just their appearance or sex appeal. Doing this has the potential to undermine the narrative of empowerment and promote toxic stereotypes […]
24020135 Jun 21, 2023 1 min read The 2000 movie American Psycho portrays the life of Patrick Bateman, a successful investment banker who lived in New York City in the 1980s. The hazardous consequences of toxic masculinity and mental instability are explored in the film. Toxic Masculinity: The idea of toxic masculinity is personified by […]
Fiza Jaffer Nov 18, 2023 3 min read Pakistani madrassas, or religious schools, have long been a part of the country’s educational landscape. However, there have always been controversies due to the radicalization and violence associated with a minority of these institutions. Recently, my aunt and uncle enrolled my cousin in a local madrassa to […]
To the girl in English class by Hafsat Abdullahi To the girl in English class what is funny what is hilarious about my painful attempt to communicate in a language that is not even my own so this accent tells The Story of Survival tells how my mother Tongue endured to this day so I […]
25020291 Dec 8, 2022 2 min read PowerPuff GIRLSSS!! I can say this with certainty that the wave of nostalgia would have swept over you as soon as you read the caption. PowerPuff Girls- first broadcasted in 1998 –has been one of our favourite childhood memories. However, as a media literate individual, I realised that […]