Freevoice

Freevoice

He writes about the invisible—their struggles, their resilience, and the quiet fortitude that keeps them going.

Book Reading Session: Mushirul Hasan’s A Moral Reckoning

On 6th September 2025, Free Voice organised a reading session. The book chosen was A Moral Reckoning: Muslim Intellectuals in Nineteenth century Delhi (2005, OUP) by Mushirul Hasan. The session was proposed by budding sociologist Zeeshan Husain, an admirer of Hasan’s work since his college days. The session aimed to introduce this important work to young readers and encourage them to read it whenever they could.

Who are they ?

Where are they queuing, standing on fragile limbs
Squatting calmly on the floor, feeding babies, massaging dry bones?

Youth in Crisis Dividend or Disaster?

Parents who took loans to fund degrees are watching their children return home qualified but jobless. People in their thirties and forties, once confident professionals, now find themselves unsure of what skills to learn next or how to position themselves in a world that rewards visibility more than depth.

Sunday Morning Scene

It records the daily life of the Murshidabadi day labourers. They come from nearby villages to the town for work. Some day, they are hired. They have no way but to return home in empty hands on many days.