Daanish Mustafa

چلو ویت نام چلو | دانش مصطفیٰ

مجھے بالکل بھی اندازہ نہیں تھا کہ ویت نام کے سفر میں مجھے اس کی ترقی کے سفر کا آئینہ بھی ملے گا۔


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Hue Ohoy! | Daanish Mustafa’s Blog

Jul 2013

A trip through Vietnam is also a journey through a laboratory of development. The formula may be depressingly similar, but compare it with South Asia, and the ingredients are quite alien.
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برگر اور چرغے کے مابین دال روٹی کہاں ہے؟ | دانش مصطفیٰ

٢٠١٣ کے عام انتخابات نے بہت سوں کو سوچنے پر مجبور کر دیا ہے کہ واقعی پاکستانی عوام نے ووٹ ڈالے اور کیوں؟


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Something to Crow About? | Daanish Mustafa’s Blog

May 2013

Mr. Nawaz Sharif is preparing to be the 3rd time Prime Minister of Pakistan around the time of the anniversary of our nuclear tests in 1997. But is that really something to crow about?
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Between Burger and Chargha, Whither Daal Roti? | Daanish Mustafa’s Blog | Elections 2013

May 2013

The elections underline the urgency for the left to devise new idioms and articulate new ideas. Chargha and Burger might be hip for the bourgeoisie, but there is nothing better for the soul of the polity than daal roti for all.
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Urbanization and Political Change in Pakistan | Daanish Mustafa

May 2013

Meeting old friends in the Pakistani diaspora, one is struck by their angst and curiosity about Pakistan
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The Line Between Good and Evil | Daanish Mustafa

Apr 2013

We need to contest the ownership of the term 'terrorism' by the world’s elites. I propose a different definition.
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