In some African Traditions, it is believed that any girl whose virginity is lost before marriage is considered a disgrace to her family and thus no man wills to ask for her hand in marriage. Such girls eventually end up in frustration and total melancholic isolation because even their very own parents regard them as some […]
MQM: a spoiler or saviour of democracy?
Sindh Diary: MQM: a spoiler or saviour of democracy? Part 2 By Saeed Minhas KARACHI: From only six to 25 seats in the National Assembly and from one to six senators in 30 years, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) is a force to reckon with in our electoral politics, and no matter what their perception is, […]
Defiant protest singer receives disturbing message exposing Zenzele Ndebele as an arrogant spy
Defiant protest singer Viomak has received an advisory message to scare her off Zenzele Ndebele who has been described as a mole sent to mislead people. The message received from a user who registered a facebook account for the purpose added the singer as a friend and the user is said to have one friend only,Viomak. This […]
Abortion Renegotiated
I posted a video about abortion; watching the nurse sweep little bits of embryos that never made it to life into a bucket broke my heart. I remembered when Sand Monkey (a friend of mine) asked me if I was pro-life or pro-choice and I remembered how Naje (another friend) laughed out loud when I […]
filmy battles
The neighbouring state of Andhra Pradesh is witness to poll battles of a different kind. Though film stars are becoming quite active in politics a la Hemamalini, Jayaprada, Jayabacchan, Dharmendra, to name a few, Tamilnadu and Andhrapradesh have had filmstar chief ministers.Chances are chiranjeevi may repeat the feat which was firsr pulled off by that […]
Malaysia’s marriage age increased from 16 to 18
On October 29th, 2008, The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam in Malay) had decided to increase the legal marriage age from 16 to 18 for girls. For the boys, the minimum age is also 18 and has remained unchanged since. Prior to this ammendment, both the civil and the syariah court allowed that girls […]