The Third Gender The Third World on June 5, 2016When colonisation came, the first thing the British saw was that these people were not acceptable to the society. Under the Criminal Act of 1871, there was no requirement to register transgender people and reform them because they were thought of them as ‘sinners’ and an ‘unnatural being’. We as countrymen adopted their mindset and […]
An Open Letter on Fat Shaming on April 26, 2016As it’s the seasonal wave of open letters I, Sana Khan Afridi, after much deliberation, am writing this OPEN LETTER to all the fat shamers around the world, especially to Asian communities on behalf of all the sufferers like me and you. Scrolling down my newsfeed I saw a status from one of my friend […]
Bring them to Life from the Vortex of Depression on April 19, 2016“Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Puffing through the cigarette sitting in the bathroom all she could think of was why she’s sleepless. She had everything, own house, well settled guy, family and […]