Langston Hughes was born in 1902 to a family of abolitionists in ‘Joplin Missouri, USA’. Hughes is remembered as one of the leading literary figures of the Harlem Renaissance. The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, and politics centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York…
This week, The Students’ Herald is recalling two tragic events from our country’s history. The first event is the military coup led by General Ziaul Haq against the government of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. The second event is the demise of Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah, sister of the founder of this country, and a staunch defender of…
Maryam Mirza There is a strange melancholy in reminiscing about Zia ul Haq’s era. Strange because I, as a mind and body, have not lived through it – yet the historical memory of the dictatorial regime remains omnipresent in almost every facet of the Pakistani experience – including the country’s artistic evolution. Despite massive wide…
Munir Uddin The outbreak of this pandemic initially brought all activities of the world, be they economic, political or educational, to standstill, at least for some time. Having realized the reality of living with it for a long time, new ways to run the affair of the world have been adopted, which is appreciable. In…
Mashal Khan left his legacy of resistance within us, writes Haris Azad. On April 13, 2017, Mashal Khan, a Pashtun student studying at Abdul Wali Khan University in Mardan was lynched by an angry mob on campus premises over baseless allegations and rumours. The brutal attack exposed the state of our educational institutions and also…
Salman Sikandar, Aminah Chaudhry Recently, a video of some young people dancing on a mehendi went viral and drew criticism on social media. Many people were offended, not because they objected to the dance moves, but because the song used for the dancing – Bella Ciao – was completely out of place with the context.
