9-month residential fellowship by the Wilson Center invites scholars, practitioners, journalists and public intellectuals to conduct research and write in their areas of interest while interacting with policymakers in…
We were invited to consult with the Tamil Nadu Legal Services Authority, Chennai, on potential directions for training police facilitation officers and lawyers / para legal staff at One Stop Centers in the state. As part of…
I was brought up on cheap romcoms and romance novels. My barbie had a husband and as a child, I dreamed of getting married and having children. When I hit puberty, all I wanted was to have a boyfriend and I indulged in my…
Beautiful Horizon At the beautiful horizon I look over Life breathes into us giving our soul strength To continue our life and mend our scar The bright sunlight in our eyes is like precious jewel We share our love and enjoy…
Are you on a roll? Are you a shining star early in life and your future looks very bright and promising? Well, I am very happy for you and I wish it continues forever. Because, when young, some of us did not build enough…
For most people growing up in the 90s in India meant Ramayan on DD (as kids), Scully and Moulder of X files (teens) and the occasional takeaways from the local Chinese van. Birthdays were parties at home, with mom cooking a…
No eyebrows are raised in the present scenario at the idea of women going out for a job. All over the world, the work of a woman is not simply limited to remunerated employment. As a woman she has to take on the lumber of…
I have written this story based on a true life incident experienced by my own best friend. “Oooan, Oooan, Oooan”. (The baby cries) .”What is it Doctor?” “Congratulations Hawwa, You have delievered a baby girl”. Ahhh! Thank…
I have written this story based on a true life incident experienced by my own best friend. “Oooan, Oooan, Oooan”. (The baby cries) .”What is it Doctor?” “Congratulations Hawwa, You have delievered a baby girl ”. Ahhh! Thank…
Children of Conflict: Syria to Kashmir Sumera B. Reshi According to the UNICEF, childhood is the time for children to be in school and at play, to grow strong and confident with the love and encouragement of their family and…
hello everybody!!! children, i was grown up by a brave, passionate tropical courageous woman. at 7 my father passed away. only my life , being recognition goes only toward my pure and humble mother. to the same women who…
Concentration Camp called Kashmir Sumera B. Reshi A few months ago, I read about the atrocities of the Nazi regime that during the first six years of their tenure how Hitler and his cohorts detained thousands of Germans and…
This pain sucked all my blood. This pain parched all my tears. Deep, profound and cavernous pain. Strange, weird and unexpected pain. Baffling, mysterious and unresolved pain. Never did I witness such a pain. It is something…
I Appeal to the Civilized World to Save Kashmir from Forced Occupation of Kashmir. Since the last 12 days, Kashmir is in the siege. There is a complete communication blackout from India. O' civilized world have mercy on my…
Beyond gender, beyond humanity. What’s more human? She carries the shame of a mauled vagina. He, blood between his legs, the loss of masculinity in his head. Invasion. Torture. Rape. Has no gender. Often, the most important…
I am Kashmir, secluded and chained. I was a paradise now I am surrounded in uncertainty. My inhabitants are pushed to a dark bend of no return. The murky nights persist casting its vicious spell on its people. And morning…
I Reject Forced Occupation of Kashmir. I am in chains, I have been locked. I am Gaza, I am Kashmir. My days are dark, my nights horrific. My sunshine is dim, my rain poisonous. My happiness has been grilled, my people…
I WISH, I CAN... My nights are lonely, bizarre and horrible. I don’t know what shall be next. Never have I been so desperate as I am now. My people are locked like a dump flock of sheep. As if even the wind stopped to travel…
Criminal Silence Sumera B. Reshi I called my father and I asked about his well-being. Recently, my father was diagnosed with some ailments and the doctor was monitoring his heart rhythms so that he can find out the actual…
How can the World Pulse Global Community re-start the difficult conversations on the issues of #safespaces and #EndingRape Culture? On the homefront in the Philippines, in the wake of the baring of a young woman's story of…
In the wake of the stories of sexual assault of a young Filipina writer at a national writers workshop, social media was abuzz. Three writers who are colleagues of the alleged perpetrator wrote notes on their Facebook…
This is an update on the incident of sexual assault at a national writers workshop in the Philippines. About 800 writers and cultural workers have signed an Open Letter to the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (…
