Aletta Andre

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Aletta Andre

A sinister tale of cyber frauds occurring in Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia and how it is victimising lakhs of Indians across length and breadth of the …

1 month ago | theprint.in | Aletta Andre |Abhimanyu Kumar

All her things—apparel, shoes, riding boots, saddle—were preserved by Sakina and Ali Raza after her death. Sakina kept a comb of her mother’s but never combed her hair again. The comb for us carries no meaning now also shun even glancing in the mirror. According to Sakina’s book, even Ali Raza did the same. After six months, the body was brought back inside and kept for seven days during which period meals were served with formal etiquette, she writes.

1 month ago | scroll.in | Aletta Andre |Abhimanyu Kumar

“Wajid Ali was weak and contemptible, the wedge of British treachery. But our ladies were always strong and perfect. Nobody could defy Oudh.”Begum Wilayat Mahal made this statement in an interview with the Chicago Tribune in 1985. It provides a telling insight into her thoughts on the 1857 Revolt, and why she mostly referred to Hazrat Mahal, rather than Wajid Ali Shah, as her ancestor.

Aug 21, 2024 | rd.nl | Aletta Andre

Jun 8, 2024 | rd.nl | Aletta Andre

Sinds de machtsovername door de taliban is het lastig om gedoneerd geld Afghanistan in te krijgen. Dat maakt het voor ngo’s bijna onmogelijk hun werk voort te zetten, vooral als dat op vrouwen gericht is. „Alle verboden voor vrouwen ontmoedigen donateurs.”