By Haleema Khalid Freedom of speech—the right to express views without government restraint is a democratic ideal in practice since the ancient Greek period. The ancient Greek word “parrhesia” which presumably appeared in Greek literature for the first time at… Read More ›
Beware Google’s Dystopian COVID-19 Surveillance – It’s Straight Out of Orwell’s ‘1984’ By Aral Bereux Straight out of 1984 and into 2020 with one giant leap. Orwell is turning in his grave as the powers of Google track you and… Read More ›
By Madiha Ghaffar As the world is battling coronavirus pandemic which started in December 2019, we have witnessed the power and constructive role of social media. Since 2020 rolled around, the outbreak turned into an international pandemic. As a result,… Read More ›
A recount of a workshop in Toronto Yesterday we attended an event that changed my perspective on raising kids completely. I will try to summarize the key points as it will be helpful to all. The speaker was Dr. Leonard… Read More ›
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By Syeda Qudsiya Mashhadi For the past one week, first the social media and then the electronic media relentlessly shoved the image of a ‘Chai wala’ from Islamabad down our throats till it became nauseatingly annoying! I don’t know when our… Read More ›
Mumbai Attack of 2008 and role of Social Media By Faraan Khan About the Author Faraan Khan
Online edition of Ideological Monthly magazine ‘Voice of East /Payam-e-Mashriq‘ [June 2013] in English and Urdu. To get the hard copy, please email: voiceofeastmag@gmail.com
By Syeda Qudsiya Mashhadi Not many years ago Facebook and other social networking sites were looked down upon as activities of the frivolous and idle youth. Online ‘chatting’ was the new evil and parents discouraged the use of internet in… Read More ›
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