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Beyond revealing the entrenched power of male stars in Kerala’s film industry, the assault case exposed a long-standing culture of sexism and sexual harassment in Kerala society.
The sexual assault case that shook Malayalam cinema, in which the actor Dileep was the suspected mastermind but was acquitted, shows how Kerala’s systems continue to shield the powerful and well-conne ...
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The politics of space in India and Pakistan, Khaleda Zia's illness and the crisis within the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, renewed clashes along Pakistan-Afghanistan border and more
Himal Interviews: Bulldozers, hijab and Muslim rage in Modi’s India
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The Editors
Afreen Fatima speaks to Harsh Mander about what it means to be Muslim in India, the punitive demolition of her home and the right-wing Hindutva project
People in rickshaws and bikes waiting in the Delhi traffic
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Sohel Sarkar
Four new books spotlight mobility in post-liberalisation cities across India and Pakistan, showing how everyday movement, inequality and aspiration shape urban citizenship beyond “world-class” infrast ...
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Arundhati Roy’s memoir, Sri Lanka’s disaster mismanagement after Cyclone Ditwah and more
Photo shows a rubber dinghy moving through high floodwater. A man in Sri Lanka Army uniform is in front, along with a volunteer in civilian clothes. There are two more male civilian volunteers in the back. The dinghy has a woman, child and man being rescued from floods. All three wear orange lifejackets. This is in Wellampitiya, Sri Lanka
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake repeats his predecessors’ mistakes in his response to flooding and landslides, which have caused hundreds of deaths
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