Manini Sheker

Scholar and Writer

Manini Sheker is a scholar and writer interested in religion, the arts, social justice, the environment and the good life. Her writing has appeared in The Guardian, openDemocracy and Litro, among others

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Written by Manini Sheker

Dozens of small boats filled with people row along a busy river, with a densely built cityscape and a pink tower in the background.

essaySpirituality

Where the rivers meet

Pilgrims have long sought in India’s holiest city an antidote to the modern West, but Varanasi is more dream than reality

Manini Sheker

Black and white photo of two nuns in white habits giving medicine to a seated woman with a baby on her back.

essayPoverty and development

What good is religion?

International development has focused on material goods, but religion has an important role to play in human flourishing

Manini Sheker