Salman Sikander Archives - The Students' Herald

It was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness

June 28, 2020 News DeskEnglish

Salman Sikandar It was one of the same old mundane day of spring 2017 in the institution which has stood as the edifice of British colonialism for more than one hundred and fifty years. Government College University not just represents…

The fiction of online classes

June 21, 2020 News DeskArticles

Salman Sikandar Munir Uddin belongs to Chitral and is a student of history at GCU Lahore. I met him for the first time in Nasir Bagh infront of GCU where he was attending a study circle about the history of…

From Being the Best, to Becoming the Worst: The Tragedy of PIA

May 31, 2020 News DeskFeatures

Salman Sikandar lists the tragic history of PIA plane crashes

Knowing Sajid Hussain

May 10, 2020 News DeskEnglish

Sajid Hussain was a free man in his heart and mind, writes Salman Sikandar

COVID-19 and the case for Student Unions

May 3, 2020 News DeskArticles

Salman Sikandar As soon as the COVID-19 pandemic hit Pakistan, all universities began sending fee notifications to students, even though the so-called online classes they were conducting cannot be in any measure be equated with real classes. Some universities went…

Stop Appropriating Songs of Resistance

April 19, 2020 News DeskArticles

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…

A Permanent Pandemic?

April 12, 2020 News DeskArticles

The COVID-19 pandemic is serving as a moment for grand epiphanies, writes Salman Sikander