“The Well of Misery”

The removal of a short story about Dalit women in the 1930’s by the University of Madras from its undergraduate syllabus is the latest in a series of regional and academic repression of free speech and expression.

The Women of Sriperumbudur

Nokia India’s shutdown of its factory, and the resultant unemployment status for the women who worked there should prod us into asking questions about how serious we are about closing the gender gap in our workforce

The giant among teachers

The lessons that Dr. Radhakrishnan taught about teaching itself is far more valuable than the subjects he taught.

My paternal grandfather loved to tell tales, tall tales, odd tales and vividly descriptive tales. Late evenings after dinner used to be story…

61 out of 543

The question should not be how many women in the parliament but how many women were considered for the post of Cabinet Secretary, Financial minister, Defense minister or Home minister? How many women in the PMO, in the financial ministry, in defense, security, foreign and home ministry?

The Mirrors that Reflect

Pakistan would be better off recalling Jinnah’s speeches on the freedom of the press and his speeches that called for protecting journalists doing their duty rather than his promise to protect minorities

Rotten in the State of Pakistan

Minorities in Pakistan face one of the harshest climates in the country’s history. A society radicalized by law, and by the state is to blame.

There is much to be said about the state of affairs in Pakistan or the lack of state in the affairs in…