Stories from Shandana Minhas
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Among the believers
The details of the son watching his father die are in the documentary co-directed by Hemal Trivedi and Mohammed Naqvi
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Hold the Line
Children are children. I don't want to leave any of them vulnerable enough to think they have reason to pick up a gun
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Blood will tell
I took a number, and lectured my son on possible impact of insentient control mechanisms on a tribal society.
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Repetition shepetition
If someone knocked on a door and shouted ‘Emergency!’ the person on the other side would say, ‘Emergency who?’
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Our sentimental nightmare
We Pakistani women still find ourselves in a situation where we let decisions about our lives be taken by men.
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A tale of two countries
Contrary to the narrative, a lot of people in Pakistan DO support persecution of people for their ‘otherness’.
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My 5.3-point plan
By making more space in public discourse for women, we'd have greater diversity, move towards healing use of...
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If talks could kill
“Baat karnay main kya harj hai yaar. We won’t talk to the ones who kill anyway, we’ll talk to the other ones.”
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