The Editors

The Rohingya crisis at sea, and beyond

A crossborder discussion on the Rohingya community and their ongoing struggles for survival, dignity and justice

Mar 02, 2023

How can Pakistan end the military’s role in politics?

A conversation with Salman Rafi Sheikh on Pakistan's continued crises

Feb 15, 2023

Protests in Gwadar, a BBC documentary on Modi, Tamil fiction in translation and more

25 January 2023 - Updates and analysis from around the region

Jan 25, 2023

Rebound or relapse: Debt restructuring in a time of crisis

A crossborder discussion on economic precarity and the impacts of ongoing debt restructuring processes and negotiations with the IMF in Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Jan 25, 2023

Southasia Climate Events Tracker

Mapping the impact of the climate crisis across Southasia

Jan 13, 2023

Yameen’s conviction, the Taliban ban on women’s education, Kite Tales and more

11 January 2023 - Updates and analysis from around the region

Jan 11, 2023

What Southasia read in 2022

Book recommendations from a year of reading by Southasian writers, poets, translators and journalists

Jan 06, 2023

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Latest Articles

A disappeared Maldivian journalist’s family still waits for closure

Eight years after he vanished, and despite an official report pointing to his abduction and murder, Ahmed Rilwan is yet to be declared dead, and powerful officials allegedly linked to the killers evade justice

Punjab’s battles over Bhagat Singh

Controversies over the anti-colonial revolutionary expose Punjab’s political fissures, with the farmers’ protest movement, Communists, Khalistanis, the AAP and other parties all having staked their own claims

Tehreek-i-Taliban is making its way back in Pakistan

Tehreek-i-Taliban’s resurgence reveals the failure of the Pakistan government’s anti-terror policy and its ambivalent, contradictory relationship with Islamist militant groups

The secrets of ‘All That Breathes’

Shaunak Sen’s Oscar-nominated documentary looks at Muslim brothers caring for kites in Delhi, but also carries a veiled message on religious hatred in Modi’s India