Commentary

Of family pressure, maulvis and the nikahnama.

Police brutality and growing public consciousness during the ‘Janatha Aragalaya’.

On the Idara archives' efforts to preserve Deccan literary, artistic, and historical cultures.

Punjabi films of the 1970s-80s as a tool for resistance during Zia-ul-Haq’s dictatorship.

A writer's personal reckoning with ancestral kitchens and the ways in which we occupy them.

How commensality for some could mean alienation to others.

On the Tibetan dish laphing and its recent popularity across the region.

The unexpected rise of esports in Pakistan.

The forgotten histories of Pakistan’s music queens.

New legislation must provide meaningful redress for survivors of past abuses.

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