A gay Afghan teacher records his perilous effort to board a flight out of Kabul.
As the Taliban Takes Control, Queer Afghans Live In a State of Terror
While life was not easy under the former Afghan government, members of the LGBTQI+ community had relatively more freedom and formal support groups that helped them. That has changed …
‘Toxic Positivity’: Why It Is Important To Live With Negative Emotions
Negative emotions are a product of human complexity and are as important as positive ones.
‘I’ll Cry Tonight’
To this day, whenever I laugh a lot while joking about with my friends, these words from my mother come back to me.
Mozhdah Jamalzadah – The ‘Oprah of Afghanistan’
On her ascent to Afghan pop stardom, her stint in Afghanistan as a television talk show host and her heartbreak amid recent events in her country of origin.
Textbook
A poem on climate change and government's apathy.
How Menstrual Ads Create a False Sense of Reality
While there has been some progress, there is still a long way to go in restructuring menstrual ads to be more progressive and pragmatic.
Beyond Nehru, ICHR Poster Continues Historical Tradition of Forgetting Women
After numerous debates and writings on the exclusion of female participation in all spheres of life and history, it is still normalised for us to accept their absence from …
To Martin Luther King, Individual Greatness Could Be Found in Attacking Injustice
Martin Luther King argued that the desire for individual greatness marred US society. But he also believed that desire could be channeled into collective action.