Historians call Afghanistan, a country at the crossroads of South and Central Asia, the ‘graveyard of empires.’

As the Taliban takes over Afghanistan, the women are under direct threat. Women are always the soft targets in the absence of law and order.

Did you know that it is a common practice for girls to live their lives disguised as boys in Afghanistan?

Parallely, a particularly significant domestic crop came to acquire a coveted spot in the global market, too. What’s more, they have become world leaders in its production and supply. The crop in question, of course, is opium poppy.

(“To that goddess who abides in all beings as power: salutations to Thee/ To that goddess who abides in all beings as peace: salutations to Thee”).

Congress’ Garibi Hatao to BJP’s Make in India, the policymakers have come up with innumerable slogans in the past seven decades post Independence.