sorry on my part too. I didn't understand the tone

In this essay we were required to give arguments to prove that that illiteracy is one of the biggest threats to democracy, like impacts of illiteracy on quality of leadership, voter turnout, women participation etc. Moreover, we had to describe the reasons of illiteracy and way forward.

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Do your best, and leave the rest to Allah. He is the Best of all planners.

It's okay.

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Do your best, and leave the rest to Allah. He is the Best of all planners.

I attempted the classroom decide the future of a nation topic. As for there being a lot of argumentative essays, I think that is a good thing. They promote critical thinking and test one's skills of argumentation.

Let there be more light at the corridors of worship places This topic dealt with how there is a need to have more tolerance and open conversations about religion so that this era of rampart religious hatred and misunderstanding can be countered. The topic would need to constantly refer back to the role "worship places" have in this phenomenon since its mentioned in the topic. So for example there are "open days" at mosques and churches all over the world where anyone can come in and ask questions without any judgement. These are excellent initiatives and promote harmony and understanding not only among people of different faiths but also helps remove prejudices from within a religion and its various sects.

Urdu literature and progressive movements this was a fairly historical inclined topic. And I agree with you that I was ashamed that our education system didn't really teach us much about this at all. We know bits and pieces (mostly just related to the hindi-urdu controversy and the two nation theory and later how Urdu became part of a common cultural identity for the muslims to band under) but after so many years studying Urdu as a separate subject in schools, this should've been an easy one to tackle.

Truth is lived, not taught It is a very philosophical topic and as such is open to a wide range of interpretations. At first glance I thought it was on the same lines as "practice what you preach" but in my opinion it is more about how nothing is "real/the truth" unless it is acted out and "lived". You can write a thousand theories in books and teach them forward but unless they can practically manifest themselves or you "live and experience" them, they are not really "real"-at least for you. Sort of like you can tell someone what it feels like to go hungry-you can describe it in great detail but unless they experience hunger pangs for themselves they won't ever truly grasp the reality of it. Again philosophy so completely open to different views.

Sometime we donot see, what we see This was attempted a lot as far as I can tell and in my opinion it is simply about how we have a mental filter and we tend to only "see" or comprehend what we want to see or are "told" to look at. Mankind is awfully good at twisting reality to suit their worldview or narrative. In this era of "fake news" and such this is even more important to understand. There is a famous quote that goes something like two third of of what we see is behind our eyes. This relates to all spheres of life from the micro-perspective of our personal lives (we can overlook or just refuse to acknowledge the bad points of someone who we care about) and extends just as easily to a macro-world view (you can look at refugees as a drain on your country's resources or you can look at them as innocent victims of wars they did not create or you can simply ignore their existence completely because it just doesn't effect your daily life). We can "chose" which narrative and which facts we want to believe in simply because human beings hate being put into uncomfortable situations and hate questioning and reevaluating their personal values.

There was another topic that falls within this category from the 2019 essay paper; Art for Peace. Now there was some confusion on this one. Some people attempted it as basically a manual on the finer points of maintaining peace (sort of like the famous book Art of War) but in my opinion that topic would have been Art OF peace.

Art FOR peace would mean how to empower communities, create awareness and understanding, and change narratives through Art. Art has historically played this part but is usually sidelined a lot in mainstream efforts for achieving and maintaining peace. We often overlook how big an impact "art" really has on our lives. Art can mean many things like fashion, film, photography, traditional art, animation, illustrations, sculptures, even architecture. In any form, art is very therapeutic and can help communities build themselves back up after long periods of conflict and trauma. It can also take their side of the story to others around the world and also remain as living testimony for generations to come. Let me give an example of the Berlin Wall. It was put up as a separation between east and west Berlin during the cold war but graffiti artists would use the west side as a canvas while the east side remained blank (since you would be shot dead if you came within a certain distance on that side). The artworks were symbols of protest at one point and once the wall was broken down, it became a symbol of peace and reflection over the horrible times and regime that the city and its people had seen.

This topic was related to the “taraqqi pasand tehreek” in Urdu literature which was also related to the left-right debate going on in Pakistan during its early years.

That's interesting. I had never even heard of that before. Definitely shall read up on it. But quick question that's one movement. Why is the topic progressive movements? Were there phases? Were there more than one going on with the same goals but different people running them?

Actually I don’t know much about its different phases either. You may have a look at this link for reference:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prog...rs%27_Movement

same

Yes

Nice ideas