Resettlement in Tharparkar
In my article of July 4, 2021 published in these pages as ‘Transition in Tharparkar’, I shared some of my thoughts about the contested nature of the intellectual debate of…
Transition in Tharparkar
I am writing this piece on the last day of my weeklong enriching journey to the heart of Tharparkar in Sindh. I am pleased to share with readers some of…
Tharparkar: the search for solutions
Thar was once referred to as ‘Tharr’ and ‘Tharri’ by locals. To date, Dhatki speakers who belong to Umerkot and other urban areas of Sindh refer to the desert region…
Tharparkar: the last bastion of peace
My immersion into the matchless natural beauty of Tharparkar is enlivened when I think of going away from the maddening crowd of urban life. The mesmerising charm of the chameleonic…
Field notes from Tharparkar
Three days in Tharparkar reinforce one’s conviction that the empowerment of the region’s women will be the principal catalyst to replace high infant mortality with high standards of mother and…
Hunger and death in Tharparkar
The death of children in Tharparkar came into national consciousness when the number exceeded 150. And the count kept going up. Tragic as it is, this is only the tip…
Lessons from Tharparkar
The invasion of Tharparkar district by rich donors and relief convoys should not divert attention from the need for long-term answers to the grave problems faced, seasonally or permanently, by…
On kindness
The history of World Kindness Day dates back to 1998, when several philanthropist organisations from Japan, Canada, Australia, the UAE, the US, the UK and other countries united under the…
What a relief worker sees
It was an ordinary August morning. The sky was overcast, but nothing unusual at least, not at first at exactly 9:40 am with light rain, the sky roared. First came…
Climate risk
In the Climate Risk Index 2025, Pakistan moved from eighth to first place as the most affected country by climate related events. But are these climate risk effects experienced equally…
