September 2014

September 27, 2014

Childhood and Universal Service

Back in the early sixties when I was a school-kid – long before our Bengali brethren were alienated by military-rulers and feudal politicians, and when the relations between the then East and West Pakistanis were sweet and friendly - my father, a young Signals officer in the army, posted in Dhaka for a couple of…

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September 1, 2014

ITCN Asia 2014 – 3/4 G Impetus to growth

“This question may only be answered by someone who does NOT agree that YouTube should be opened”, I jokingly challenged the panel of eight high-profile experts sitting on the stage when a young participant at ITCN Asia 2014 (Karachi, 26thAug ’14) stood up and, lamenting the losses to the youth due to YouTube blockage, asked…

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