ASP Syeda Shehrbano Naqvi is also being praised online for her bravery. A Pakistani woman police officer is earning praises for her swift action to diffuse a potentially violent situation in Lahore.

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Sarees clogged the drains in Lohta, a small town known for its weavers in Banaras, during the bloody riots across India after the demolition of the Babri Masjid in ...

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The Many Lives of Syeda X: The Story of an Unknown Indian, is the nonfiction debut of Neha Dixit, an investigative journalist based in New Delhi. It juxtaposes the life of Syeda, a Muslim migrant ...

Syeda Hasan is the daily news editor at KERA. Before moving into that role, she covered mental health at the station. A Houston native, her journalism career has taken her to public radio newsrooms ...

The Consulate General of India in Chicago, US, on Saturday (Indian time) said that they have offered medical and travel assistance to a Hyderabad woman, who was found starving on the streets last week ...

It is difficult to slot 81-year-old Syeda Saiyidain Hameed in any one box. A well-known Delhi figure, she wears many hats — writer, poet, human rights activist, champion of women’s empowerment and, ...

Nashita Syeda will be the undergraduate student speaker at Illinois Institute of Technology's 153rd Commencement Exercise on May 14. The ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. at Illinois Tech's Ed Glancy ...

The Traitors exec Syeda Irtizaali is leaving the BBC for Netflix. In a big move for the UK commissioning landscape, Irtizaali will take up a new post as Director of Unscripted at Netflix, a role that ...

As a Muslim, South Asian American, neurodivergent woman, I understand the nuances of navigating cultural, religious, and societal expectations and trying to find your authentic self in the midst of ...