Sohel Sarkar
Sohel Sarkar is a freelance journalist, editor, and feminist researcher-writer. Her cultural critiques, reviews, and personal essays have appeared in Bitch Media, Whetstone Magazine, and Color Bloq, among others. Find her on Twitter @SohelS28.
Colonial continuities of the ‘good coloniser’
In ‘Unsettling Utopia’ Jessica Namakkal interrogates French occupation of India.
Feb 09, 2022
Bordered by violence
On borders and maps as concrete sites of state violence.
Jul 20, 2021
Centring the colonised
Priyamvada Gopal’s book throws new light on transnational and class solidarities.
Jan 13, 2020
Latest Articles
Climate change in Bangladesh is driving a dengue outbreak in winter
Dengue is endemic in Bangladesh but the current outbreak is unusual in its scale and seasonality. Many experts have linked the surge in dengue cases with extreme climate events
China courts influence in Sri Lanka via the Buddhist clergy
Beijing needs new allies now that the Rajapaksas are reeling, but the enmeshing of politics and religion in Sri Lanka is always cause for concern
Protests in Gwadar, a BBC documentary on Modi, Tamil fiction in translation and more
January 25, 2023 - Updates and analysis from around the region
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.
