In the silent corridors of global finance, an unspoken tension stirs, unsettling the once-unquestioned dominance of the dollar. To the uninformed eye, the machinery of currency exchange and financial messaging may appear as clockwork systems, precise, flawless, invisible, but beneath this surface lies a contest of wills, a quiet upheaval. The stage? SWIFT, the ubiquitous financial messaging network that binds …
The land that I call home is a peculiar one, indeed. Pakistan—this vast, intricate mosaic of four provinces, each with its own tongue, its own history, yet, a national language imposed on us that belongs to none. Urdu, an outsider, an uninvited guest, maybe brought forth with noble intentions, but still foreign to the soil beneath our feet. It does …
That was a time when the world seemed simpler, more welcoming, and much safer, especially for those wandering the roads, seeking freedom. The hippie culture was just blossoming, and I was merely a child, five or six years old, when I first encountered something unforgettable. I saw buses majestic, luxurious, far more opulent than the ones we had in our …