People & Politics

All the presidential men

Sri Lanka's presidential elections in memes.

| Nov 10, 2019

As normal as it gets

A Kashmiri family tries to talk.

| Oct 17, 2019

The NRC’s spillover effect

Neighbouring states in the Northeast follow in the footsteps of Assam.

Disputed poll, divided government?

Afghan election results will determine the prospect for peace talks.

| Oct 03, 2019

Quiet and on the edge

A first-time visitor’s observations of present-day Kashmir.

| Sep 27, 2019

Kashmir switched off

A ground report from the Valley in the weeks following lockdown.

Reframing the Dalit experience

A new photobook on Dalits in Nepal brings out previously unheard voices and unseen visions.

| Aug 22, 2019

Pakistan’s ‘good’ and ‘bad’ feminisms

The changing – and competing – meanings of feminism in Pakistan.

| Oct 18, 2018

The Hindu devotees of Imam Hussain: A case of cross-veneration

The case of Hussaini Brahmins and a unique historical context where being both Hindu and Muslim was possible.

| May 01, 2002

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Disillusioned with the Taliban, Pakistan reverses its four-decade Afghan policy

As Kabul refuses to act against the TTP and Baloch militant groups, Pakistan is ending the support it has extended to the Taliban since 1994 and its welcome to refugees from Afghanistan since the 1980s

The limited genius of Geoffrey Bawa

‘Geoffrey Bawa: Drawing from the Archives’ allows an exploration of the rift between the celebrated architect’s vision for nation-building in Sri Lanka and the country’s present reality

Interview: The precarity of Afghan migrants in Pakistan

Political scientist and author Sanaa Alimia speaks of the long history of racial profiling, harassment and deportation of Afghan migrants, in the context of Pakistan’s recent crackdown