Thus speaks your silence!

When the day departs, Your happiness recedes. The blue eyes not, Imply at thee in low-spirited Only in your lane You speak not but, When you speak, A peel of laughter...

The plight of out-of-school children

Maheen, 13, a student of grade 6th, is married off with a much older man to her age. She is one of the dropouts....

“Nook Abad”, a community devoid of a library

Somedays ago a group of enlightened youth approached me in order to know my remarks on the issue of a community that lacks the...

Weep, Not Child

Ngugi wa Thiong’o, a novelist, short story and non-fiction writer, was born on January 5, 1938 in Kamirithu, Kenya. His original name is James...

A city in peril

Turbat is a city in southern Balochistan, Pakistan, and administrative centre of Kech District. Turbat was the historical capital city of the state of...

Who do you write for…?

A few days earlier I received an email from an unknown sender posing a question; "Who do you write for?" I was dumbstruck to...