Public policy professional. Farmer. Cynical. Profane. Remorseless squanderer of personal potential & fancy education. #Seraiki
May 30 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Nobody will say this here, bcos the farmer, the one who grows your food, does not live in Islamabad, Lahore or Karachi, is generally not literate enough, is grossly under-represented on platforms like these, and is, therefore, forever relegated to the shadows. 1/
The food on your high table just magically appears out of thin air. All Bretton Woods chicanery notwithstanding, the logic of supply and demand cannot really apply to food production. Why? Because all crops are seasonal, all harvest is within a specific time window. 2/
Aug 5, 2021 • 12 tweets • 6 min read
When you're a preeminent social activist and a leading progressive light, language matters. We are not the periphery. We are the core, the absolute heart, of the indigenous culture, the music, the cuisine, the way of life that the Indus basin has to show to the world. 1/n
We are still this primarily agricultural country's bread-basket. We produce the food and generate the food security that enables this country of a massive 220 million people to sustain all exogenous shocks like global recessions, finanical mkt collapses & economic downturns. 2/n
