Book Review – A God Who Hates
A God Who Hates will haunt you, especially if you are a woman reader. But, read it to know what women go through in an Islamic culture.
Afghanistan
Human Zoo, Trafficking and Rights
The UN cannot really speak of Human rights when there have been human zoos and continued human trafficking right under its nose !!🤬
Women in 2021 – brutalised, scarred and bruised forever !
Some pictures and a whole lot of words to describe the world in 2021 for women, by a woman. Deeply disturbing, worrisome and scary :(.
Taliban enter Kabul …
A few minutes back .. Two days back Am remembering Khaled Hosseini’s book Book Review – A Thousand Splendid Suns Some excerpts from the above book – Two and a half years later, Mariam awoke on the morning of September 27 to the sounds of shouting and whistling, firecrackers and music. She ran to the … Read more
Book Review – A Thousand Splendid Suns
Do read my review of Khaled Hosseini’s second book – A Thousand Splendid Suns. Its heart wrenching, but a story told sensitively.
Remembering “Kabuliwala”
I don’t remember when I first came across the epic short story “Kabuliwala” by Rabindranath Tagore. It was part of our school syllabus is how I remember it but I could be wrong. The images it evoked of a “pathan” from Afghanistan who came to Kolkata to sell raisins, dates and almonds are imprinted in … Read more