Kumar Sridhar

When rhetoric dominates reform, nations debate language while structural crises deepen Dear Zafar Hilaly, Zafar bhai, you’re a career diplomat who speaks English, the British English sans the cockney touch, a little better than Urdu, and Pakistan is fortunate you’re one of them! Think about it! You speak English (which is a rarity in itself, considering most people don’t even speak Urdu; Punjabi is the only language your people seem to know)!! Anyways, you already know that! The problem with...

A story of survival, community support, and a daughter’s rise from hardship to higher education abroad The previous 1 parts of the article can be accessed here: Part 1. This is the second part From Pakistan to Delhi: Parbati and Susan’s journey of hope Now Parbati was in a country that was Hindu, but she was illegal. Living in a small chawl on the outskirts of Jaipur in a hut was not something she had ever experienced! She remembered her house in her former country. Not a hut.

Parbati's escape from Pakistan’s systemic oppression reveals the silent suffering of minorities whose stories rarely reach the world Child bride at 14, widow at 18, refugee overnight: Parbati’s story of survival Think of this: you are a fourteen-year-old child. Your dream is to make yourself a star in the world. Someone to be looked up to, someone who can’t be ignored but is a light under which people have started to assemble. Someone who’s a beacon of light for others to follow.