Patriarchial structures Archives

Review: The Menon Investigation

Rituparna Mukherjee

October 15, 2025

10 min read

Reviews

A pivotal scene in the 2015 film Spotlight shows Boston Globe’s Sacha Pfeiffer interviewing Father Ronald......

Asleep

kailash srinivasan

October 15, 2025

19 min read

Fiction

Gita Avi touches me only when I’m asleep. I like it, too, especially because he doesn’t......

The Heavy Burden of Ignorance

Hayda Mohammadi

September 22, 2025

1 min read

Poetry

A mother’s burden, misled by ignorance, shaping a nation’s downfall....

Dearest father, my greatest joy

Orphaned Afghan girls (ages 10-14)

September 22, 2025

1 min read

Poetry

Dearest father, my greatest joy. The most beautiful of all flowers, oh father, My heart and......

Peace Is a Dream in My Land and 1 other poem

Shogofa Amini

September 22, 2025

1 min read

Poetry

War-torn land where grief bleeds, yet words fight for peace....

Invincible

Masoma Mohamadi

September 22, 2025

2 min read

Poetry

Afghan women endure pain yet embody unbroken courage and hope....

Coercion

Somaia Ramish

September 22, 2025

2 min read

Poetry

A haunting cry against coercion silencing dreams and daughters....

Cassandra: The Last Female Ambassador of Afghanistan in Austria

Mandakini Pachauri

September 22, 2025

7 min read

Cassandra

“If we can’t speak, why live?” said Shabana.* It was midweek, late afternoon. I hurried to the......

With Many Hopes and 6 other poems

Orphaned Afghan girls (ages 10-14)

September 22, 2025

1 min read

Poetry

Young Afghan girls write of loss, love, resilience, and hope....

The Heavy Burden of Ignorance

Hayda Mohammadi

September 22, 2025

2 min read

Poetry

One day, I saw a woman, helpless and alone, crying out loud, wandering, on her own. We asked,......