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People gather at night around the obelisk commemorating the Battle of Bhima Koregaon, decorated with colourful garlands. Two men pose for a photo in front of the monument while another person takes their picture. One of the men wears clothing featuring an image of B R Ambedkar.
Alpa Shah’s ‘The Incarcerations’ examines the Bhima Koregaon case – as a symbol of how dissent and democracy are under assault in Modi’s India
A hand holds a bottle of Johnson’s baby powder in the foreground, with several other Johnson’s baby care products blurred in the background.
By
Disha Shetty
Two new books look at how Johnson & Johnson for decades put profits ahead of patients – including with contaminated baby power and faulty hip implants – and expose the failures of pharmaceutical regul ...
A vendor holds a colourful kite featuring a large image of the Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, with the words "MISSION 2024" printed on either side of his portrait. The kite has a pink and magenta background, and is displayed in a vibrant kite shop filled with other brightly coloured kites.
On the precipice of generalisations, ‘The Gujaratis’ exposes a shameful underside of Gujarati pride, Gujarat’s conflicted cultural landscape, and the community’s broader moral and political failings
A crowd of people at a rally in San Francisco holding signs against anti-Asian hate. Two people in the foreground wear masks and sunglasses while holding placards that read '#Stop Asian Hate'. Other participants hold similar signs, including ones saying 'Justice for Vicha'.
A fellow Tamil-descent immigrant writer reflects on the Sri Lankan-British poet Vidyan Ravinthiran’s memoir ‘Asian/Other’, exploring the porousness of identity in the Southasian diaspora and the chall ...
Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda (left) receives his appointment as National Security Advisor from Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa (second from right) at a ceremony in Colombo in 2009. Two other officials stand nearby in the wood-panelled office.
The sanctioned former Sri Lankan navy chief’s memoir contains potential admissions relevant to alleged crimes committed during the country’s civil war, and raises serious questions of publisher accoun ...
A yellow taxi drives along a street in Kolkata decorated with colourful Bengali messages painted on the asphalt for International Mother Language Day 2025. The messages are written in white and red paint, surrounded by other road markings. Other vehicles are visible in the background, and the roadside is lined with trees and a blue railing adorned with colourful flags.
By
Ankush Pal
The ambitious Shabdakalpa project, launching in 2028, aims to map the history of every Bengali word in digital form, preserving cultural memory and inspiring future Southasian language initiatives
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