Analysis

Crisis in India’s bread basket

How agriculture, capital and corporate investment have reshaped Indian Punjab, and brought about its current precarity

| Sep 16, 2023

Women’s bodies, disinformation and nationalism in Manipur

Sexual violence in conflict has a long and terrible history – and its combination with disinformation and nationalism in Manipur makes for an especially ominous mix

| Aug 07, 2023

Sri Lanka continues to militarise the state, despite the Rajapaksas’ fall

Repressive legislation such as the Bureau of Rehabilitation Act and the Anti-Terrorism Act follow naturally from the Rajapaksas’ post-war militarisation of Sri Lanka’s North and East

| Jul 31, 2023

Sri Lanka’s exodus of healthcare workers

Following Sri Lanka’s economic crisis, the healthcare sector is experiencing a migration wave, which has led to a shortage of healthcare workers, impacting healthcare services, medical education, and health equity in the country.

| Jul 24, 2023

Sri Lanka’s political monks rage against reduced clout

After the 2022 protests and the fall of the Rajapaksas, Sri Lankan monks are politically adrift and looking to project new threats – including Christians

| Jun 30, 2023

In Mizoram, a refugee crisis highlights Mizo tribal affinities and hostility

Shared Zo identity has Mizos extending hospitality to Chin and Kuki-Chin refugees from Myanmar and Bangladesh. More remarkable is that Chakmas, mistreated by the Mizo majority in Mizoram, have welcomed Kuki-Chin refugees too

| Jun 02, 2023

Federalism is the most significant ideological divide in Nepali politics

Amid the the “‘de-ideologisation”’ of Nepali politics, the most consequential differences are on the system of provincial government. Three emergent parties throw the divisions into sharp relief.

| May 24, 2023

Myanmar, Bangladesh, and the global game over Rohingya repatriation

Myanmar’s military wants the world to believe it will soon repatriate Rohingya refugees, but their fate seems a diminishing priority amid US, Chinese, ASEAN and other interests at play

| Apr 07, 2023

Sri Lanka’s woes with cannabis legalisation

Some propose legalising marijuana production to ease Sri Lanka’s economic crisis. Yet, any move to legalise marijuana cultivation in Sri Lanka will have to overcome a long history of prohibition, social stigma and criminalisation

| Mar 06, 2023

Sri Lanka’s local elections are a major threat to the ruling class

Rising anger, prolonged economic crisis, painful IMF-backed policies and the government’s anti-democratic tendencies are creating a volatile mix, with Ranil Wickremesinghe, the Rajapaksas and Sri Lanka’s political elites on alert

| Feb 13, 2023

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