The life and poetry of Faiz Ahmed Faiz

Faiz’s English-language prose, on the whole, does not carry the resonance of his Urdu poetry.

Where does Faiz the poet and pan-Southasian Marxist end and Faiz the Pakistani begin? This is a question to which Bangladeshis, among others, still seek an answer.

Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s internationalist vision was based on working-class movements and the struggles of colonised peoples everywhere.

Faiz’s progressive writings have great relevance in Nepal today, when a new constitution is being drafted amidst a troubled peace process.

Faiz’s poetry is the cherished legacy of Southasia.

Yes, even today …

All the opinions faced from around the Southasian region collected here.

Young women are at the forefront of Kabul’s modern art.

The state finally has a jail, but it remains far from adequate.

Bihar’s chief minister was able to convince voters that he was changing the state for the better – and they rewarded him overwhelmingly.

Donor assistance would be more effective when accompanied by a sense of accountability and elimination of the middleman.

A creeping clampdown on Christianity in Bhutan poses the serious question of whether the kingdom has really set itself on the path to secular democracy.

How ‘Hindu’ is this modern version?

New Delhi has begun a frantic military build-up in the eastern Himalaya, based on the army chief’s interests and perceived Chinese deployments in north Tibet.

If you listen to nationalists within the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora, it's still the mid-1970s, and a Tamil Eelam is right around the corner.

While the recent meeting of Nepal’s Maoists was supposed to offer clarity and energy for the party’s future strategy, it did neither.

To try and disallow people from jaywalking is an encroachment on the commons.

George Orwell’s potent rejection of censorship originated with the conflict between his wartime experience as propagandist to the Empire and his conviction that colonialism was responsible for hunger in British India.

Although things have gone quiet for the past half-century, the pearl fishery of Ceylon was known around the world for millennia.

Ritual music has historically played a crucial role in giving urban space a transcendental meaning. This link is on the verge of being broken.

At a time when Buddhist teachings were under threat from multiple directions, the ‘second Buddha’ did much to revive and build upon them.

An open letter to Sir Arthur C Clarke.

The reviews of latest books of the Southasia region is explained in brief.