Monday, August 30, 2010

A tale of two parties

Daily Times published my article 'A tale of two parties' on Sunday,August 29th.

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A tale of two parties
Andleeb Abbas
Sunday, August 29, 2010

The danger with cash and ready-made food schemes is that they turn respectable individuals into desperate beings whose own abilities and faculties in the long run become undermined

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Monday, August 23, 2010

Fuelling fundamentalism

Daily Times published my article 'Fuelling fundamentalism ' on Sunday,August 22nd.

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Fuelling fundamentalism
Andleeb Abbas
Sunday, August 23, 2010

While the Jews and Indians have invested heavily in education, skills and research, Muslim countries have been busy trying to build inequitable societies where the accumulation of wealth in a few hands is more important than an accumulation of knowledge in the minds of the masses


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Monday, August 16, 2010

The art of deception

Daily Times published my article 'The art of deception' on Sunday,August 15th.

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The art of deception
Andleeb Abbas
Sunday, August 15, 2010

The fight for market share makes organisations look at more and more ways of impressing upon customers what they do not have and what they ought to have. In order to convince the customer, they actually take him into a world of fantasy


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Monday, August 9, 2010

The king and ‘I’

'The king and ‘I’was published on Sunday, August 8, 2010 in DailyTimes. Below is an excerpt of the article along with the link below.

The king and ‘I’
By Andleeb Abbas
Date: August 8, 2010

When the ‘I’ becomes bigger than the ‘We’, the writing on the wall predicts doom. However, the writing is visible to only those who have a vision to see beyond their egos; this moral blindness is a virus, which infiltrates into each organ and like a carcinoma cell destroys the living functionality of the organ itself



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Monday, August 2, 2010

Leadership myopia

'Leadership myopia' was published on Sunday, August 1, 2010 in DailyTimes. Below is an excerpt of the article along with the link below.

Leadership myopia
By Andleeb Abbas
Date: August 1, 2010

The people of this country have to realise that a nation gets the leaders they deserve. If they feel that they deserve better leadership, they have to earn this by converting from the cynical talking mode to the positive action mode


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The ‘not so’ lesser half

'The ‘not so’ lesser half' was published on Sunday, July 25, 2010 in DailyTimes. Below is an excerpt of the article along with the link below.

The ‘not so’ lesser half
By Andleeb Abbas
Date: July 25, 2010

A working woman carries a negative perception in society, especially if she is a businesswoman. Parents feel that her chances of attracting a good marital prospect go down because she is not perceived as good material for focusing on the house and family


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