Please share…Jhanvi missing since 29 Sep 2014 from India Gate…#Jhanvi #bringBackJhanvi pic.twitter.com/Cu7AFaJLSV

— Richa Khurana (@richa_khurana) October 4, 2014

It was a lazy Sunday afternoon on September 28 in New Delhi, when little Jhanvi went missing from India Gate, a popular meeting place in central Delhi. The initial nightmare eventually gave way to a massive social media campaign that helped find the toddler nearly a week later.

The Indian subcontinent has a rich sartorial tradition. Copyright: dapd.

The world outside has been busy speculating on the breakdown of the foreign secretary level talks between India and Pakistan, but the mood at the Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) Winter/Festive 2014 remained untouched by the political tensions between the two countries.

An acid attack victim in Balochistan. Copyright: A. Ghani Kakar.

Women in Pakistan’s troubled province Baluchistan are fearful after a spate of attacks that targeted women going out without male family members.

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Saudi Arabia has banned its citizens from marrying foreigners from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Chad. The administration says that the number of expats from these communities has exceeded the government’s limit of 500,000. But for one Pakistani woman, this is a blessing in disguise!

A colorful exhibition in Islamabad has revealed how women entrepreneurs in Pakistan are making a name for themselves and also generating more revenue for their business.

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Talking about women’s rights in South Asia need not be a serious matter all the time. Here is a selection of websites which tackle women’s themes with a personal touch.

Our blogger Beenish Javed (second from the right) poses with the team

Who would have thought that the poorest of poor children, living on streets and slums of Karachi, would become celebrities in Pakistan.