Posts by Aafiya Ayman Baseer:

Why We’re Ignoring ‘Healthy Eating’ For Older Adults In Our Family?

Eating right can help keep your body and mind healthy and extend your quality of life. But some older people may face barriers to getting enough nutrients or calories. Many ways aging can affect appetite Physiological changes that come with aging can result in reduced calorie needs, which can lead to decreased food intake and […]

Why Private Schools Are ‘Looting Fees’ For New Academic Year In Hyderabad?

In Hyderabad, private schools are notorious for their exorbitant fees. As the new academic year approaches, parents are once again being confronted with high fees, which some are calling “looting.” The fees charged by private schools in Hyderabad are among the highest in the country. Despite the fact that the state government has set guidelines […]

Why Many Schools Stopped ‘Online Classes’ And Forcing Students To Attend Physical Classes In Hyderabad?

Several private schools in Hyderabad are forcing students to attend the physical classes and disconnected with online teaching to come to school with due fees. The parents are in dilemma to continue the education or not in view of Covid scare to their children. Many schools flouting the norms and not abiding the Covid SOPs […]

‍‍Many Old City Private Schools ‘Forced To Shut Down’, Jobless Teachers Starving In Hyderabad

Many private schools in old city areas of Hyderabad are shutti g down due to Covid scare and government restrictions. They are not getting proper fees to maintain the schools and pay to teaching staff.  This in turn, has put the future of teachers, school owners and children into jeopardy. Many teachers lost jobs and […]

‍‍‍The Dying Art Of ‘Nirmal Naqqash Craft’ In Telangana

The land of art and crafts, Nirmal produces various toys and paintings that serve as iconic symbols for the state of Telangana. Nirmal toys and paintings are the only ancient handmade art which has survived in the state. The origin of this art can be traced back to the 14th century, now this art is […]

Nightmare For Junior Colleges With ‘Mensurating Girls’ In Telugu States

Presuming menstruation is an excuse, most colleges commit human rights violations, and the government needs to step up. Around 13 years ago, Sowmya, who grew up in Kakinada, was a student at a junior college in Guntur. She was a teenager, studying intermediate (class 11 and 12) while staying at a hostel, away from her […]

Amidst Pandemic, An Abandoned Muslim Hyderabadi Woman Seek Help In Dubai

Unwanted or abandoned Wife is about a woman who married a man because she loved him, only to discover later her married her for gain. Women being divorced unilaterally, suddenly and then being left to their devices has been an issue in the Muslim community. A 26-year-old, Noorain was ‘divorced’ by her husband Aadil, who […]

Is ‘Puranapul Darwaza’ – A Symbol Of ‘Ganga-Jamuni Culture’ Losing Sheen In Hyderabad?

Hyderabad city is known for many stone walls, which were brought down during the Mughal conquest. There were new ones constructed in their place during the Qutub Shahi rule. Many of these walls were destroyed during the Musi floods in the year 1908 and Puranapul Darwaza is one such wall that had survived. aIt was […]

Overflowing Drainage Stagnation, Stench Assaults Visitors To ‘Historic Charminar’ In Hyderabad

Hundreds of visitors who thronged the historic Charminar on weekend had an obnoxious welcome as the entire area was reeking of nasty stench that emanated from an overflowing drainage that left the newly laid road right in front of the monument soaked in sewerage water. Visitors in large numbers were seen struggling along the narrow […]

Around Charminar ‘Pedestrainisation’ Failed, No Space To Move, Hawkers Troubles Tourists

People from Hyderabad and around the world were made to live on a promise that there would be no difficulty in going around the historic Charminar and its surroundings and they would not be disappointed. After about 20 years of wait it was said that a large part of the Charminar Pedestrianisation Project has been […]