Dr Saulat Nagi

Watching the ghost of the dead king walking on the palace wall Marcellus, observed, “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.” Marcellus, certainly, had neither Pakistan nor capitalism in his mind but by the time his words reached, our ears in the 21st century, his prophecy proved not out of place. Something is rotten in the state besieged by ...

“Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war,” standing beside Caesar’s cadaver Mark Anthony screamed, beseeching Romans to seek revenge from the powerful assassins to whom he could merely allude as murderers in ambiguous words. Putin, however, needed no ambiguity to wage a war against Ukraine. There is nothing wrong with Ukraine’s stars deserving a devastating war, but its ...

Shakespeare’s advice is heeded by the Iranian women expressing the anger of their hearts against the religious and economic oppression of Ayatollahs. Their hearts are broken, but not tamed and as Jorge Borges says, they have learned no matter how many pieces their hearts are broken into the world is not going to fix them. Hence, they decided to plant ...

Wilde has revealed the entire history and mystery of British politics in a subtle ironic and subversive way albeit there is an exception, men say worlds did not divide before England’s feet but were divided by its Machiavellian mind to maintain its rule over them. The first victim of the division was Ireland, the backyard of Britain, which fell to ...

The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, because we are the underlings. Underlings we are, for we submit peacefully to the dominant interest of the ruling class, identifying our conflicting interests with theirs and cannot see the deformed intentions of the defenders and what they defend. Only a fortnight ago people of Pakistan celebrated their ...

“O judgment thou art fled to the brutish beast and men have lost their reason”. Antony addressed the Romans while standing beside Caesar’s cadaver. Brutus, however, denied him the consolation saying, “not that I loved Caesar, but I loved Rome more”. What Brutus did was a conscious act and not madness. Even madness has a method, and the bourgeoise media ...

“We know what we are,” says Shakespeare, “but know not what we may be.” If we pose the same question to the people of Pakistan, can we expect the same answer? Probably not, “from the depths of their hearts, the masses, secretly know the truth,” Horkheimer says, “and disbelieve the lie, like catatonic patients who make known only at the ...

“If you have tears, prepare to shed them now,” Mark Anthony holding Caesar’s mantle divulges to the Romans. Let’s not pose the identical question to the working-class people in Pakistan, for consumed by the grief they have already spent their tears and with the spectre of scarcity dancing all around they have too much at stake to care for, and ...

“If you have tears, prepare to shed them now,” Mark Anthony holding Caesar’s mantle divulges to the Romans. Let’s not pose the identical question to the working-class people in Pakistan, for consumed by the grief they have already spent their tears and with the spectre of scarcity dancing all around they have too much at stake to care for, and ...

“O Judgement,” Mark Anthony says, “thou fled to the brutish beast and men have lost their reason.” However, the reason that propelled Brutus to slay his friend was not without logic, “not that I loved Caesar less” he said, “but I loved Rome more.” In any conflict, reason becomes the first casualty on either side that is why Horkheimer said, ...