How Pakistani women held on to the sari, plus nine other weekend reads
Ten must-read pieces for your Sunday.
In the
Hindu, Shiv Sahay Singh writes on how the tables have turned in Bengal, with the Bharatiya Janata Party now fearing that its leaders would defect to the Trinamool after its astounding victory in the recent assembly elections.
As the second wave of the pandemic hit close to home, the
Indian Express’ Santosh Singh recounts his days and nights in a Covid-19 ward as he watched his father slip away.
Many in Pakistan have considered the sari a foreign item of clothing. But generations of Pakistani women have insisted on wearing it anyway, writes Saba Imtiaz in