India
Saving a Generation: Jammu and Kashmir’s Fight Against Narco-Terrorism
Narcotics are no longer merely a public health concern. They have become a tool of destabilisation.
Zeshan Nabi
Opening The Rift
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Zeshan Nabi
Zeshan Nabi is a PhD Scholar at the Department of Political Science, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad
India
Better Divorced Than Dead: How the Twisha Sharma Tragedy Exposes the “Good Girl” Trap
From childhood, many women are socialized into becoming “good girls”—patient daughters, compromising wives, emotionally resilient daughters-in-law. They are taught that disagreements are normal, suffering is temporary, and endurance is virtuous…
Zeshan Nabi
Culture
Pakistan: A Fatal Spectrum of Gender-Based Violence
Gender-based violence in Pakistan is not limited to isolated crimes. It is part of a wider system of social control over women’s bodies, mobility, sexuality, and choices.
Zeshan Nabi
Education
Exploitation in Educational Institutions: The abuse of Trust and Power
If educational institutions genuinely wish to remain spaces of empowerment and learning, they must confront these hidden structures honestly. Safety cannot remain secondary to institutional reputation.
Zeshan Nabi & Aurangzeb Khan