Mahmood Hasan KhanPakistan at 50Well, yes, Pakistan has completed fifty and not seventy-five years. The Pakistan of August 1947 was laid to rest as a failed state with the…8 min read·Aug 14, 2022----
Mahmood Hasan KhanMongols and the World of Islam[1]With one stroke a world which billowed with fertility was laid desolate, and the regions thereof became a desert, and the greater part of…19 min read·May 2, 2022----
Mahmood Hasan KhanHad India not been Invaded by MuslimsI shall not now speak of the knowledge of the Hindus. . . . of their subtle discoveries in the science of astronomy — discoveries even more…33 min read·Apr 2, 2022----
Mahmood Hasan KhanDenis Diderot: philosophe and encyclopedist[1]Denis Diderot (1713–1784) exemplified the Age of Enlightenment in Europe. But what was the Enlightenment about? I like Immanuel Kant’s…19 min read·Mar 15, 2022----
Mahmood Hasan KhanWhy Gossip is GoodAfter my retirement from the university, I took a 100-level course in evolutionary biology. Our Lab instructor asked us to write an essay…6 min read·Mar 1, 2022----
Mahmood Hasan KhanWhat if Sir Syed Ahmed Khan had not existed?[1]The Aligarh Movement was Sir Syed Ahmed Khan’s legacy. Its roots were in the dispatch Sir Syed sent to the British government on the causes…21 min read·Feb 14, 2022----
Mahmood Hasan KhanSir Syed Ahmed Khan: A Life[1]Other men have written books and founded colleges; but to arrest as with a wall32 min read·Jan 31, 2022----
Mahmood Hasan KhanMore Leisure and Less WorkSome weeks ago, I was talking to a friend about writing a piece on idleness. He drew my attention to an essay Lord Bertrand Russell wrote…6 min read·Dec 31, 2021--1--1
Mahmood Hasan KhanOn the Art of DiscussionFor there can be no discussion without contradiction. Cicero6 min read·Dec 15, 2021----
