The writer is a freelance journalist and editor with a focus on human rights, education, health, and literature. She also works as a Communications Practitioner and Media Trainer.
Usha Sanyal presents her research on contemporary female scholars of Islam in her new book
On World Population Day, a look at how the pandemic is affecting family planning efforts in Pakistan, where the healthcare system is already...
Perhaps the worst-hit during the lockdown are workers in the informal sector. Among them, the women have taken a harder financial blow even than...
Reflections on living in times of coronavirus
At the government and the individual level, Pakistan is warming up to the idea of health insurance with the government creating systems for...
For Pakistan to climb the ladder of development indicators, the issue of family planning needs urgent attention
While much is said about climate change and the accelerated increase in population in Pakistan, the link between the two is often overlooked
Interview with Dr Reza Aslan
Times have changed and so have the food choices of those observing the fast
Who is adding fuel to the gossip fire by leaking out snippets of news...
What you do WILL come back to you. It has to be considered "why" they are doing it and you are not? What made the difference?
The need is real but compared with population increase and urbanisation, there are not enough daycare centres
For the bourgeois and the patricians of Pakistan, their reaction to inflation is as different as is their lifestyle
Without over-spending and showing off, one can still have a fun, festive, joyous wedding
A perfect gulab jamun, not hard at the core, not mushy and soft to break down, is now Pakistan’s national sweet
A month of homecoming, packed with weddings and socialising, can be overwhelming for the visitors and the hosts
The journalists reporting on suicide in Pakistan are not really trained to do so. They are learning as they go along by trial and error
Treatment for viral diseases is leading to drug-resistant infections
Hiring cooks does not mean women, or men, are not homely any more. It is a social change, one that we must accept, and see cooking as an emerging,...
As election results are announced on myriad channels, the time in between is filled with more political analyses instead of entertainment as it used...
