Month: June 2019

We Are Displaced: Stories of struggle, hope and love

by Fizza Rashid

Malala Yousafzai is a hero for the world but an agent for Pakistanis. No big surprise. Any girl or woman who stands out and lives her life on her own is considered bad here. Malala had to meet the same fate as she was raising voice for education for the girls who were being stopped…

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Foreign employment for domestic empowerment

by Sandhya Nepal

Nepal is a landlocked country which heavily relies on remittance as the main source of income. National data shows that more than 30 percent of the countries income is generated from the remittance. In the gloomy time of moist insurgency when what little income the country generated domestically went to an anxious downfall, the remittance…

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6 Gender Based Stereotypes Debunked with Science

by Ummara Sheraz

Gender discrimination has held women back for ages. Even in the post-feminism world, stereotypes which have evolved with culture are still alive. South Asia is rigid in general when it comes to norms and traditions but gender stereotypes are also deeply rooted here. The problem has grown to an extent that often modern societies with…

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Chase to size Zero

by Almas Virani

The pressure cooker is steaming with boiled chicken. It’s been whistling with boiling chicken every single day for the last 11 months. Hooting for Tanya’s big ‘fat’ race. The race to ‘size zero’. It’s been exactly 328 days since she started the race. Just like any other race, this one also needs perseverance and a…

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Stop This Rishta Parade

by Umaima Ahmed

As I was doing my daily skincare routine, my house-help who was looking on as she worked said, “I’ll tell you a remedy for skin whitening!” I told her that I do not believe in such remedies and I am comfortable with my complexion. But that discussion made me think that the desire to appear…

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