Articles by Saad Hammadi
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May 2012 - Featured articles
Clearing Korail Dhaka’s latest slum demolition shows the full scale of the Bangladeshi government’s callousness and ineptitude. |
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December 2011 - Featured articles
Buddy Beijing The recent diplomatic frustrations with India are pushing Bangladesh closer towards China. |
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December 2011 - Report
Joypurhat kidney sale Has outlawing the trade in organs created a lucrative, and dangerous, black market in Bangladesh? |
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August 2010 - Featured articles
Delayed transit Nepal and Bangladesh have finally worked out the modalities of transit trade between the two countries. What remains to be seen now is how soon these agreements will be implemented. |
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August 2007 - Report
Manhandling manpower Between a lack of regulation on the part of the government, and unscrupulous and often criminal practices in the thriving underworld of unregulated labour export, Bangladeshi migrant workers are left quite unprotected. |
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October 2007 - Report
Bangladeshi at last Long considered officially stateless, the Biharis are finally being accepted into their country. |
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March 2008 - Report
After the cull A head-in-the-sand approach regarding avian influenza has now forced the Dhaka government to scramble-some say overreact-during the current outbreak, most directly impacting small-scale farmers. |
Featured Articles
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Neoliberalism reassessed 11 June 2013
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Lata Mani’s new book analyses the cultural logic of neoliberalism and its divisive consequences.
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My Japanese parents 31 May 2013
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Remembering what Japan meant to those who dreamt of transforming India after Independence.
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Smugglers' paradise 27 May 2013
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Life and lucre on the open border between Nepal and India.
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Caste across the kalapani 24 May 2013
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The long struggle to outlaw caste-based discrimination in the UK finally succeeds.
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People versus wildlife 17 May 2013
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Reassessing wildlife conservation policies in India.
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Disappearing foods 25 April 2013
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A collection of recipes that are fading from the Southasian palette.
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Eat, drink, write 23 April 2013
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A food writer dishes on the ins and outs of her profession.
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Brideprice 22 April 2013
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A new translation of Manik Bandopadhyay's ‘Namuna’ by Madhusree Mukerjee.
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Among the believers 19 April 2013
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An account from Varanasi, where bhang and thandai struggle to survive the onslaught of LSD and Coca-Cola.
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Behind the crystals 18 April 2013
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Capturing the lives of Marakkanam’s salt pan workers
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In search of food sovereignty 17 April 2013
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Shifting the debate on the Public Distribution System.
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Farms, Feasts, Famines: web-exclusive package 17 April 2013
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Romila Thapar addresses invitees at the Southasian relaunch of Himal Southasian, IIC, New Delhi, January 2013. |
The archive: 25 years of Southasia
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Flickr / girl.from.melbourne An early monsoon
On June 16 2013, the India Meteorological Department confirmed the early arrival of monsoon rains across the whole of India. Full coverage was not expected until the middle of July, making farmers hopeful for a bumper crop.
From our archive: C K Lal discusses the fixation of Southasia's political leaders with 'monumental waterworks.' (September 2007) Somnath Mukherji explores the sights, sounds, smells and feelings that monsoon evokes. (June 2007) Venu Madhav Govindu notes the 'fundamental importance' of a good monsoon for both city and rural dwellers. (August 2003) |
