Hurmat Ali Shah
Hurmat Ali Shah is currently a postdoctoral researcher. He writes on socio-political issues and is particularly interested in core–periphery relations in Pakistan.
Pashto poetry’s journey from love to war and resistance
With Pashtuns suffering massive violence from the Taliban, Islamist militants and the Pakistan state, Pashto poetry today reflects the community’s new blood-soaked reality
Oct 16, 2023
Pashtuns will not be pawns in Pakistan’s dangerous game with the TTP and Taliban
Recent protests in Swat and Waziristan highlight discontent with rising militancy and the Pakistan military
Feb 17, 2023
The anatomy of Urdu
How the language of state-making in Pakistan contributes to the erasure of regional languages.
Apr 12, 2021
Redefining citizenship in Pakistan
The PTM movement envisions an alternate relationship between citizen and state.
Apr 28, 2020
Latest Articles
Podcast: Uttar Pradesh’s halal ban, Myanmar’s armed groups expose military junta’s weakness, and more
Your Southasia news roundup from 20 Nov - 1 Dec 2023, plus an interview with Aung Kaung Myat on Operation 1027 in Myanmar
India’s slow-burn affair with Israel heats up
Azad Essa’s 'Hostile Homelands' explores the ideological convergence of Hindutva and Zionism, and the consequences for Kashmir and Palestine – but there is much more driving India and Israel’s deepening ties
Disillusioned with the Taliban, Pakistan reverses its four-decade Afghan policy
As Kabul refuses to act against the TTP and Baloch militant groups, Pakistan is ending the support it has extended to the Taliban since 1994 and its welcome to refugees from Afghanistan since the 1980s
The limited genius of Geoffrey Bawa
‘Geoffrey Bawa: Drawing from the Archives’ allows an exploration of the rift between the celebrated architect’s vision for nation-building in Sri Lanka and the country’s present reality
