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Banished and excluded: the Girmit of Fiji
The story of how the Empire’s forgotten slaves overcame the political legacy of colonialism.
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Violence, voices and visibility
What are the ethical implications surrounding graphic depictions of sexual violence in the media?
Laxmi Murthy | Jul 11, 2014The pursuit of the Southasian past
Moving beyond the colonial-era understanding of the history of the Subcontinent gives us a whole new way of looking at the Subcontinent´s past. This now includes not just the usual explorations of politics and economy, …
Romila Thapar | Jul 30, 2008The feminist and the sex worker
Despite decades of tension between feminists and sex workers, it is finally becoming clear that the former has much to learn from the latter.
Srilatha BatliwalaChopsticks in Manipur
The move to ban Hindi films and serials in Manipur has had an unexpected consequence: the Koreans have moved in.
Akoijam SunitaWhere is Assam?
Instead of accepting the nationalisation of everything through political cartographic boundaries, we can use geographical history to locate current social realities
David Ludden