Inspired by the Jaipur Lit Fest, Pakistan’s first literary festival took place in the country’s largest city Karachi in 2010. Subsequently replicated in Lahore and Islamabad, such festivals now take place around the country, from the agricultural and industrial hub of Faisalabad, formerly Lyallpur, to the port city of Gwadar on the Balochistan coast.
While the overall picture is depressing, Ramaswami also describes hopeful strands within the social fabric of workers’ lives such as the mutual support and 'bhaichara' (fellowship) between men across ethnic, religious and caste boundaries that become more fluid within the city. The inter-religious and inter-caste ties forged between workers can be seen as small glimmers of hope in the context of the rising tide of Hindutva politics over the past decades.
Today, as we bid farewell to the Dhaka-born singer once fondly called the “Dhake ki malmal,” one is reminded that the softest fabrics often endure the longest. Her voice was just that. Fine, delicate, yet enduring beyond time. And now, as that voice falls silent, it leaves behind not an emptiness, but an echo. An echo that will continue to drift through radio waves, old recordings and the private corners of memory.
Two girls stood silently holding a placard that read: ‘Forcing your daughter to get married is forcing her to get raped.’ The message speaks to a reality across the South Asian region where the priority for most families is to get their daughters married. On a sheet where attendees were penning messages to their mothers -- words they could not say aloud -- an anonymous note read: “Would you rather see me married or alive?”
The Pakistan cricket team has received so much crowd support during their Bangladesh tour that after playing in Dhaka and getting enthusiastic support from Bangladeshi supporters, the Pakistani cricketers said that it seems that they are playing in Pakistan and not in Dhaka
Hollywood director-filmmaker Martin Scorsese, who was honored with the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award at 52nd International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa, said films of Satyajit Ray opened a whole new world for him, UNI news agency reported
The Taliban has ordered television channels in Afghanistan not to air soap operas featuring women and said the female journalists will have to wear hijabs as per the group's interpretation of Islamic law, UNI news agency said quoting despatches
The 10-day long exhibition of Bangabandhu-Bapu digital exhibition has been opened to the public in Rajshahi
Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that yoga and meditation are excellent means for a healthy life and claimed that the whole world has embraced yoga
Dr. Alem Naderi, a prominent Afghan psychiatrist and neurologist, has been killed in Afghanistan, as Taliban officials on Friday confirmed finding his body
Sri Lanka's Parliament will felicitate 28-year-old singing sensation Yohani De Silva next week over the global recognition she has achieved for the country
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has set up a working group to determine the future of the game in Afghanistan under the Taliban government, the world governing body said on Wednesday
As the air quality deteriorated all over northern India, the Indian government's Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has ordered several measures to control the severity of air pollution in Delhi National Capital Region
The provincial capital of Punjab became the most polluted city in Pakistan and among the most polluted in the world after the city’s Air Quality Index (AQI) went above 400
An Indian Army cycling team arrived at Benapole, Bangladesh \to start a joint cycling rally of Indian and Bangladeshi armies between November 15-24 fromJessore to Kolkata
A beaming centenarian has given yet another reason to the Kerala government to brag about its famed literacy endeavors in a state that has over 96 per cent literacy, India's highest
In the first public exams in nearly 20 months since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, around 2.2 million students began Sunday this year's Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent exams in Bangladesh
India is aiming to promote itself as a global destination for students by providing premium education at affordable costs, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Friday, adding that over 50,000 students from 164 countries are currently studying in Indian universities and the number is expected to rise in the years to come
Bangladeshi film ‘Paayer Tolay Mati Nai’ (No Ground Beneath the Feet) directed by Mohammad Rabby Mridha has been included in the international competition section of the 52nd International Film Festival of India (IFFI) to be held at Goa between 20-28 November
