Askari Raza Malik

HUMANS have always needed supernatural powers to protect them from man-made and natural disasters. This psychological phenomenon of fear and greed gave birth to mythologies.…

HE entered. Glamorous, intelligent looking, well-groomed, despite grey hair, handsome in his own right, a known kingmaker who had decided to be the king himself…

IN Chicago, youngsters hung around after the weekend Quran class. The chat turned to boasting. One said his grandfather was a justice; the other said…

SOME spiritualists believe that the mind directs, the brain executes, the conscience watches and the soul mirrors life. Mind, conscience and soul are intangibles. The…

THE mighty tyrant said, “I am god, I give life and cause death.” He let a condemned man go free and ordered the killing of…

MY bed was being wheeled to the Operation Theatre. As I was about to be ushered in, a nurse asked, “are you retired?” “Yes”. “What…

A saint of old times had said, “The people with faith are alive. Those without it are dead”. Faith and freedom are essentially intertwined. The…

AN old cliché reads: “Some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them.” There are a number of determinants that…