The idea of development itself, its definition, and even the method we use for defining it, would be a good place to begin toward discovering its potential in our lives. We cannot rely on any single, ...

ONE recently learned from the works of an erudite, and a very hardworking etymologist, Shakil Chaudhry, that the correct translation of the Urdu word ‘takiya kalam’ was ‘pet phrase.’ It looks to have ...

IN TODAY’S highly turbulent world, the new rule is that there are no permanent rules. The 21st century world is volatile, unpredictable and ambiguous. In such an environment, adaptability, creativity ...

To many people outside the advancement office, “development” and “fund raising” are synonymous. Casual observers equate the development office with raising money, pure and simple. To some extent, of ...

The term Sustainable Development was used by the Brundtland Commission which has become the most often-quoted definition of Sustainable Development: "Development that meets the needs of the present ...