Moment of desi pride at the Oscars
Lost in the diversity controversy at the Oscars Sunday night was this: The only woman of color who won was Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. Who? That's the problem. Very few people in…
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March 2, 2016
Purse paradise
Many years ago, I walked through the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto, mesmerized that the history of mankind could be told through footwear -- from caveman to Christian Laboutin. I…
July 24, 2013
Rena
Hasan Zeya used to boast about how he was still practicing medicine into his early 80s. But at 84, he no longer is happy about his age. His daughter, Rena,…
March 25, 2013
Killed in the name of honor
"All citizens are equal before law and are entitled to equal protection of law. There shall be no discrimination on the basis of sex alone." That's what Pakistan's constitution says. But…
March 22, 2012
About men and atom bombs
Two people of note died this week without fanfare or blazing headlines.The first was Mary Daly, a rip-roaring feminist who touched my life deeply when I was a student at…
January 6, 2010