One generation of educated girls is a revolution
It felt like I had arrived at a wedding. The girls were dressed like brides. Their hair was immaculate. Their necks were bedecked with jewellery. Happy chatter filled the air as they awaited the biggest event of their lives so far. These were slum girls, Dalits, on the lowest rung of India’s class ladder. Their […]
Not the fastest, just the bravest
My favourite article on the Olympics. Just magnificent. Tahmina Kohistani of Afghanistan, we salute you. OH, to be the fastest woman in the world. KATHLEEN PARKER The Washington Post – August 10, 2012 Other dreams may be equal to this, but few are as accessible. Every able-bodied person on the planet can run, knows the feeling of running […]