Photo Essay
Stranded in Geneva Camp
Life in the largest refugee camp for Bangladesh’s Urdu-speaking community.
Gabriele Cecconi | Jun 27, 2019
Far from home
A photo essay on Nepali women migrants in India.
Sarita Ramamoorthy and Laxmi Murthy | Jan 21, 2019
Trading at the edge
A photo essay on the slow but steady revival of traditional markets along the India-Bangladesh border.
Anjuman Ara Begum | Jan 10, 2019
Forgotten alleys of the old camp
How Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh continue to risk their lives in search of a better life elsewhere.
Kaamil Ahmed | Sep 07, 2018
Pretty lakes, gritty outliers
A photo essay on the changing geographies of Calcutta’s face.
Brinda Bose | Aug 06, 2018
Now the loyal are being butchered
Caught in a crossfire, a poet from Kashmir loses 30 years of his work.
Syed Shahriyar | May 02, 2018
People of a Southasian past
A colonial experiment in ethnographic photography offers a rare glimpse into Southasia’s communities circa the 19th century.
The Editors | May 10, 2017
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