A life in clothes – Part 1: Childhood
Raw version. Publishing before I lose guts. Will take a look for editing in a couple of days. As I was thinking of the Besharami Morcha coming up in Delhi, […]
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Love
An Artist till his last breath
Note: A shorter version of this had appeared in print in Sunday’s “The Free Press ePaper” This morning was abuzz with the news our celebrated controversial painter M F Hussain
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Working with differences
Learning to see the big picture is all about making that shift from seeing differences to seeing diversity. Essentially the words are the same, but diversity brings in an awareness
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Women and Power : The Gender Battle
Patterns of assumptions and stereotypes manipulate collective responses. Patterns based on things we refuse to acknowledge or even are aware of. “Strong man”, “Caring mother”, “damsel in distress”, “hen pecked”, “old coot”,
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The role of women beside men : Afghan Life
Gity Yousafi speaks about the right of women to work as they wish, like men. Women and men both of them have a special role in the society. Both of
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School Reloaded
This article takes off from the previous one exploring the natural rights of children that are abused casually. So here, I am looking at schools. Let me say upfront that I am
Child Rights: A new look at child abuse
Child rights are our future. The most vulnerable, exploited and unrepresented minority ANYWHERE in the world is children. Child abuse is a process of disrespect, hurt and neglect and most
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On Language and Communication
An old email in a group I participate in, had this woman write something really wonderful, in less than perfect English. Frankly, I had no problem with it, but when
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A Baloch Voice
I often get messages and tweets from Baloch people sharing information about their plight in Pakistan. I decided that it was time to end my reluctance to write on Balochistan,