Assisted living
ONE of the most pressing issues in Pakistan for parents of children with neurodevelopmental disabilities such as autism is that once the parents and caregivers are no longer alive, their…
Right to the city
EVERY day in Pakistan brings stories of violence against women. But some are particularly harrowing in their symbolism. The rape of a woman in Islamabad’s F-9 park has been the…
India’s first tribal president
INDIA is such a complex country with its mosaic of ethnicities, belief systems, castes, sub-castes, regions, languages that are perpetually jostling to catch the eye, and so much else in…
Gaza and the Muslim world
TODAY, a new round of peace talks begins in Cairo but all indications are that Israel’s genocidal Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is setting conditions that Hamas will find impossible to…
Some US Sikhs fear Modi government is threatening, surveilling and doxxing them
As a physician specializing in addiction, Dr. Jasmeet Bains, the first Sikh American elected to the California assembly, was used to risky situations. Even so, Bains said she was shocked…
Year of global shockwaves
We’re only halfway through the year, and already 2024 has produced more high-voltage political shockwaves than any other in recent memory. This way, there’s no telling where the world will…
US SC divisions expected to be exposed as final rulings loom
The US Supreme Court, with its 6-3 conservative majority, managed to bridge its ideological divide in major rulings this month involving constitutional gun rights and access to the abortion pill,…
Republicans hope to win Black voters for Trump. It won’t be easy
Orlando Owens, a rare Republican activist in a majority-Black district of Milwaukee, had hoped this election season would be different. With national polls showing waning enthusiasm for Democratic President Joe…
Dubai’s property boom shows signs of fizzling out
As cranes speckle the Dubai skyline and ultra-luxury homes change hands at record prices, signs that the city-state’s property boom is fizzling out are coming into view. Developers, investors and…
There’s something in the air
When one returns from a foreign country to Karachi, s/he is met with garbage issues and an assault on one’s olfactory senses. The city of Karachi today is not only…
