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The Bhima Koregaon case and India's war on dissent – Southasia Weekly #91
By
Raisa Wickrematunge
Zohran Mamdani becomes first Southasian New York mayor, Rana Ayyub faces death threats, Dhaka protests around July charter and more in our weekly regional newsletter
People gather at night around the obelisk commemorating the Battle of Bhima Koregaon, decorated with colourful garlands. Two men pose for a photo in front of the monument while another person takes their picture. One of the men wears clothing featuring an image of B R Ambedkar.
Politics
Bhima Koregaon, the BK-16 and cracks in Indian democracy
By
Uttaran Das Gupta
Alpa Shah’s ‘The Incarcerations’ examines the Bhima Koregaon case – as a symbol of how dissent and democracy are under assault in Modi’s India
Three Pakistani weddings in times of war
Culture
Three Pakistani weddings in times of war
By
Zehra Khan
One Pakistani family’s story of migration and survival across three weddings amid three conflicts: the 1971 Bangladesh war, the Kargil War, and the 2025 conflict following the Pahalgam attack
An archaeologist at the the Chemmani mass grave site excavates partially unearthed human skeletons from the sandy ground, with numbered evidence tags placed near the bones.
Politics
More mass graves at Chemmani and Sri Lanka’s old failures of justice
By
Ingrid Massagé
An observer of the 1999 Chemmani exhumations reflects on newly uncovered mass graves and Sri Lanka’s continued failure to deliver justice for Tamil victims of war-time crimes
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