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Plaform dedicated to the women and children of South Asia and its borderlands.
Plaform dedicated to the women and children of South Asia and its borderlands.
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“What I wanted to do with ‘The First Jasmines’ is to enter it into a conversation where the women are not just victims, but that they should also be given a front row seat into what it means to define the public memory of the war.”
Saima Begum on the #biragona women of #Bangladesh:
Saima Begum on the #biragona women of #Bangladesh:
Saima Begum on Bangladesh’s birangona women: Southasia Review of Books podcast #32
A conversation with the British-Bangladeshi writer on her debut novel, ‘The First Jasmines’, and the untold stories of women who survived the violence of the 1971 Liberation War:…
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September 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
“What I wanted to do with ‘The First Jasmines’ is to enter it into a conversation where the women are not just victims, but that they should also be given a front row seat into what it means to define the public memory of the war.”
Saima Begum on the #biragona women of #Bangladesh:
Saima Begum on the #biragona women of #Bangladesh:
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August 12, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Abul Fazl, the grand vizier of the Mughal empire, was a Sindhi by ethnicity!
Learned this fact today courtesy of an online talk held in 2023 at the Karachi Literature Festival. Moderated by Zahra Sabri, with Dr Humera Naz and Dr Michel Boivin as panelists.
Learned this fact today courtesy of an online talk held in 2023 at the Karachi Literature Festival. Moderated by Zahra Sabri, with Dr Humera Naz and Dr Michel Boivin as panelists.
July 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Abul Fazl, the grand vizier of the Mughal empire, was a Sindhi by ethnicity!
Learned this fact today courtesy of an online talk held in 2023 at the Karachi Literature Festival. Moderated by Zahra Sabri, with Dr Humera Naz and Dr Michel Boivin as panelists.
Learned this fact today courtesy of an online talk held in 2023 at the Karachi Literature Festival. Moderated by Zahra Sabri, with Dr Humera Naz and Dr Michel Boivin as panelists.
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Three girls (1932)
by Amrita Sher-Gil #womensart
by Amrita Sher-Gil #womensart
July 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Three girls (1932)
by Amrita Sher-Gil #womensart
by Amrita Sher-Gil #womensart
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We are proud to announce that South Asian Britain: Connecting Histories, a landmark educational website on the histories of South Asians in Britain, is now live!
Visit southasianbritain.org
@qmul.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social @britishlibrary.bsky.social #AHRC @uobartsmatter.bsky.social
Visit southasianbritain.org
@qmul.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social @britishlibrary.bsky.social #AHRC @uobartsmatter.bsky.social
July 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
We are proud to announce that South Asian Britain: Connecting Histories, a landmark educational website on the histories of South Asians in Britain, is now live!
Visit southasianbritain.org
@qmul.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social @britishlibrary.bsky.social #AHRC @uobartsmatter.bsky.social
Visit southasianbritain.org
@qmul.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social @britishlibrary.bsky.social #AHRC @uobartsmatter.bsky.social
We have no words for the killing of a man and woman in Balochistan under the guise of 'honour'.
The state of Pakistan has arrested 11 suspects. We hope the accused are brought to justice swiftly and we mourn the unnecessary and tragic loss of the couple who dared to live life on their own terms.
The state of Pakistan has arrested 11 suspects. We hope the accused are brought to justice swiftly and we mourn the unnecessary and tragic loss of the couple who dared to live life on their own terms.
July 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
We have no words for the killing of a man and woman in Balochistan under the guise of 'honour'.
The state of Pakistan has arrested 11 suspects. We hope the accused are brought to justice swiftly and we mourn the unnecessary and tragic loss of the couple who dared to live life on their own terms.
The state of Pakistan has arrested 11 suspects. We hope the accused are brought to justice swiftly and we mourn the unnecessary and tragic loss of the couple who dared to live life on their own terms.