Features - The Rise News

29 Jul, 25

By Veengas
Features, Forced Conversion

We Do Not Give Birth to Daughters for Religious Conversion, Say Hindu Mothers

Tando Allahyar: “Our daughters were taken from us in court—as if they were goats,” says Roshini Meghwar, the mother of 16-year-old Lata Meghwar, who was abducted on July 13, 2025. On the same day, Lata’s religion was forcibly converted, and she was married off to an adult Muslim man, Ali Sher. Lata was not the […]

05 Sep, 24

By Veengas
Climate Change, Features

Karoonjahr’s Cry for Survival: Will Greed and Power Erase Millennia of Natural Heritage?

"They’ll never leave Karoonjhar," Khoso says, his voice a quiet storm. "Even in death, the government will want to destroy it."

05 Jun, 23

By Veengas
Features

As Karachi’s Jewish graveyards decline, so does an important part of its history

Karachi: A piece of ripped cloth is draped over the gate of the Jewish graveyard in Mewa Shah, Lyari, Karachi, Sindh. The gate bears the symbol of the Star of David, designed as an equilateral triangle – an indication of its longevity. The ripped cloth, however, is a better representative of Karachi’s Jewish graveyards – […]

26 May, 23

By Veengas
Climate Change, Features

Whose land it is?

People, cattle stock, mountains, rivers, and even those buried in graveyards awaiting for a door to paradise to be opened are under constant threat of vandalism and evacuation.

28 Nov, 19

By Veengas
Features

Chaukandi graveyard: They lived as royals and were buried as one too!

If the dead could speak, they would tell tales of those who lived in splendor and were buried in grandeur at the Chaukandi graveyard in Memon Goth village, which lies 33 km from the bustling Karachi city centre. The burial ground is home to over 405 graves with beautifully carved enormous tombstones that are an […]