Commentary
Shifting the blame
A minority is framed again to cover Sri Lanka’s fault lines, in wake of the Easter attacks.
Harini Amarasuriya | Jun 20, 2019
Letter from Karachi: For a place in the shade
Shade is increasingly becoming a luxury in Karachi's public spaces.
Kevin Shi | May 17, 2019
The audacity of ‘sitting improperly’
Navigating patriarchy on Karachi streets
Zoya Anwer | Apr 09, 2019
Uniform hysteria
Following the suicide attack on security forces in Kashmir, India’s media went on a nationalist, fact-free overdrive.
Laxmi Murthy | Mar 07, 2019
Celebrating chauvinism
The biopic on Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray is a cynical endorsement of violence.
Rutuja Deshmukh | Feb 14, 2019
Pakistan’s missing #MeToo movement
Why has #MeToo remained a murmur and not gained more traction in Pakistan?
Hafsa Khawaja | Jan 11, 2019
India’s queer politics after Section 377
On the limits of the Supreme Court decision that decriminalised same-sex acts in India.
Ian Miller | Dec 31, 2018
Performing lust, rendering misogyny
Netflix’s ‘brave new’ offering treads old ground.
Rutuja Deshmukh | Nov 30, 2018
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