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Subaltern stories

With the launch of People’s Archive of Rural India (PARI), rural India has found a much needed platform.

| Dec 30, 2014

Thirty-five seconds

On the media's obsession with the India-Pakistan relationship during the SAARC Summit.

A SAARC-y declaration

A mock resolution of the eighteenth Southasian regional summit.

Not-so-free trade

SAARC leaders emphasise regional free trade and investment while overlooking the need to address labour conditions.

Bully pulpit

Sri Lanka’s president cautions against external influence and the supposed misuse of human rights.

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