Tharparkar, a sprawling desert district in southeastern Sindh, Pakistan, is a land of striking contrasts where vibrant cultures thrive amidst harsh living conditions, where golden sand dunes stretch endlessly under a relentless sun, and where the indigenous communities once displayed remarkable resilience in the face of adversity. With a
The Dubai Autism Centre has concluded its 19th annual Autism Awareness Campaign, launched in early April under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence and Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai.
Marking the conclusion of the campaign, the
We are witnessing not just the collapse of peace, but the slow, suffocating death of collective conscience.
From Sudan’s scorched villages to Gaza’s shattered streets, from Yemen’s starved cities to Myanmar’s bloody countryside, and now to Kashmir’s trembling borders — the world is breaking into
To let ignorance rule is to let decay set in. But to nurture reason, even in the darkest of times, is to light a fire that can guide generations.
Sindh, with its rich heritage of learning from Shah Latif to Sachal Sarmast, must remember that its true strength has never been in power or wealth, but in wisdom.
Let us choose the harder
Nostalgia
Insects’ cries,
Even the weeping of blood,
Fade away on the wooded hills,
Each night silence sweeps over them like waves across a desert.
The nostalgia soaked into my body paints my old hometown
The rice field ridges,
The furrowed ditches.
When twilight brims over,
Children who tended and herded
