Kammi, Muzara, Hari: The Poverty We Speak
Ask a child in any village school what the worst thing is that you can call another boy, and he won’t reach for a curse. He’ll reach for…
The Public Purview
Tahzeeba Bukhari
Our Daughters Are Educated. Our Society Is Not.
Every results season, our newspapers run the same picture: a gold medal around a girl’s neck, a degree in her hand, and parents behind…
She Said, They Heard Otherwise
At a thesis synopsis defence, the tea is going cold and the committee is discussing a candidate’s sample. The youngest woman on the panel…
Trained to Say Yes
Every home runs a quiet school. It has no building, no syllabus and no attendance register, and nobody is ever formally enrolled. A girl…
Flowers Are Also Laid on Tombs
Not long ago, at a literary gathering, a young man recited a few lines with great feeling: without woman, the universe is a soulless…