Footprints: A season of bounty
THE district of Khairpur is one area where Sindh’s fabled heat is celebrated. As temperatures climb in the searing summer months of June and July, thankful farmers pray…
THE district of Khairpur is one area where Sindh’s fabled heat is celebrated. As temperatures climb in the searing summer months of June and July, thankful farmers pray…
SINDH is home to a large youth population that is utterly frustrated, bitter and angry. They are also an incredible social, economic and psychological burden for their struggling…
FOR Ali Baksh, a 55-year-old farmer in Sindh, tending the land is a special form of worship. It takes devotion, consistency and a lot of soul. He’s been…
THROUGHOUT Sindh’s villages and small trading towns, in its chaotic cities and roadside hamlets, the ubiquitous tea shop is a permanent feature. These open-air stalls, or hotels as…
THE ancient civilisation of Moenjodaro was famous, among other things, for its covered drains. Over 5,000 years later in villages surrounding the ruins and hamlets further beyond, sewage…
THE Sindh government hasn’t been able to run its schools. Affordable private or subsidised NGO-run schools can’t pick up the slack entirely simply on account of scale. That…
A VISIT to most villages in Sindh is a journey back in time. Pot-holed roads, overflowing open sewerage drains, closed government schools and barefoot children playing in the…