Analysis
The crackdown on comedy
In India, it’s not clear who has the last laugh.
Avantika Mehta | May 10, 2021
The anatomy of Urdu
How the language of state-making in Pakistan contributes to the erasure of regional languages.
Hurmat Ali Shah | Apr 12, 2021
The myth of Congress socialism
Why Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi were never really on the Left to begin with.
Pratinav Anil | Mar 30, 2021
The face of female leadership
Do women politicians in high office in Southasia offer something different from their male counterparts?
Laxmi Murthy | Mar 24, 2021
The hierarchy of higher education
How government intervention in Indian universities has undermined academic freedom.
Arghya Bhaskar | Feb 01, 2021
The ‘good-governance’ problem
How India’s top bureaucrats saw the end of the Emergency, and why it’s relevant today.
Abhinav Sekhri | Jan 13, 2021
From cholera to coronavirus
How prisons in contemporary India continue to follow the colonial handbook.
Amanda Lanzillo | Dec 14, 2020
Sri Lanka’s constitutional ping-pong
The 20th Amendment in historical perspective.
Dinesha Samararatne | Sep 25, 2020
Maldives’ rocky road to transitional justice
A bill before the Majlis risks depriving hundreds of Maldivian citizens of their right to reparations.
Mushfiq Mohamed | Aug 28, 2020
From frontier to boundary
What the Anglo-Gorkha War of 1814-16 can tell us about contemporary border issues.
Bernardo Michael | Aug 26, 2020
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