From FairPlanet: 'The blanket ban on girls' education in #Afghanistan has left Adiba Azizi, a 25-year-old student and teacher at the Anjam Knowledge House, anxious and heartbroken.'
#EducationDay

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🇮🇳 C'est l'épice la plus chère du monde : le safran indien, petite fleur mauve, est cultivé dans la vallée du Cachemire, dans les contreforts de l'Himalaya, depuis des centaines d'années.

▶️ Reportage TF1Info Marion Laouamen Shoaib Mir tf1.fr/tf1/jt-20h/vid…

Lost on the railways - India’s missing children. My recent work with Romilly Weeks, Dan James and Holly Snelling for ITV On Assignment ITV News

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In India's Joshimath, a subsidence crisis is raising serious concerns for people’s safety and the future of not only this picturesque town but for the wider Himalayan region.

Parthu and I report for The Japan Times

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I've just donated to The White Helmets. I hope you will too. Displaced Syrians have already suffered 12 years of Putin and Assad's genocidal war. Now nature is also inflicting its horrors on them. They need all our help.

#syriaearthquake #Syria

Empowering Acid Attack Survivors. A cafe in India is being run by acid attack survivors – who are reclaiming their identities.
Parthu Venkatesh P （文博图）,Adil Manzoor and I report for The News Movement from New Delhi.

Survivors,not victims.
In New Delhi,India a sports stadium is playing host to cafe with a difference. It is completely run and managed by acid attack survivors.

Parthu Venkatesh P （文博图） and I report for New Internationalist

Grab a copy from bookshops across UK.
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As someone battling depression for 7 years now, I can testify how my Sultan (7yr old) GSD literally pulls me out of my anxiety attacks. And in a place like Kashmir, what pets can be/do, this story is so important and touching ❤️

#MentalHealthMatters WeRateDogs Thoughts of Dog

Kashmir is so stricken with mental distress that the region is like “a sleeping volcano” that could explode at any time.

Parthu Venkatesh P （文博图） and I write for OZY from Srinagar, Kashmir.

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“No doubt we are at constant risk here, but what other option do we have?” says Rashim, covering his nose and mouth with a piece of cloth.

Parthu Venkatesh P （文博图） and I report for Slate from Delhi,India.

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editors who work with freelancers: please know that not only are you 'taking a risk' on us, we're taking an even bigger risk working with you

when freelancers accept a project, deliver it, return edits and then *don't* receive prompt payment, that's you risking our livelihood.

Trans Indians are often denied access to numerous social security benefits due to a lack of identity cards in their preferred names and gender identities

Parthu & I report from New Delhi, India for Women's Media Center
Women Under Siege

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And with support from both men and women, particularly the younger generation, our dream of a dowry-free village became a reality.

Parthu & I report for Women's Media Center

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After a year of protest, India's farmers won a critical victory—and paid the price in lives for it, Shoaib Mir and Ahmer Khan report.
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After Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he would repeal agriculture laws, the protests are easing. But the legacy of pain and martyrdom remains.

Shoaib Mir & I report for Foreign Policy.
foreignpolicy.com/2021/11/28/far…

The Taliban's takeover in Afghanistan has left people from the war-torn country concerned for family they left behind and wondering what the future holds. japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/09/2…