Government policies bring economic boom

The best human quality is to give credit to those who deserve, and refrain from indulging in self-aggrandizement. It is hilarious to find Sarath Fonseka attempting to claim sole ownership for defeating the terrorists and that too without having involved at the beginning and end of the war. If the operation unfortunately failed will he come forward to accept the responsibility in the same vein?

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Candidates, vilification and the eunuch syndrome

There’s a book I strongly recommend to anyone who is interested in the issue of power, naked exercise of control and subtle control, ideologically and otherwise: Soul on Ice by Elridge Cleaver.

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Benazir Bhutto’s death anniversary:

Sacrifices and reconciliation

Quaid-e-Awam Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was a man of multidimensional qualities. A politician, philosopher, orator and diplomat par excellence. A true political son of Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah in every sense of the word. For Jinnah, he always used to say, ‘That is my man! That is my idol, the man I respect’. He launched the Pakistan People’s Party on November 30, 1967, in Lahore and caught the heartbeat of the people when he declared: ‘Chahta Hai Har Insan, Roti, Kapra Aur Makaan.’

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Developing English language usage in school education - Part IV:

Positive outcomes of bilingual education

Bilingual education provides learners with ample time for using the target language, unlike in the attempt to develop English by teaching English only as a link language in the curriculum and covering less than four hours a week in the timetable. Learners are thus in a position to use language widely across the curriculum.

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