People & Politics
The NRC’s spillover effect
Neighbouring states in the Northeast follow in the footsteps of Assam.
Suraj Gogoi and Rohini Sen | Oct 14, 2019
Disputed poll, divided government?
Afghan election results will determine the prospect for peace talks.
Noah Coburn | Oct 03, 2019
Quiet and on the edge
A first-time visitor’s observations of present-day Kashmir.
Aritra Bhattacharya | Sep 27, 2019
Kashmir switched off
A ground report from the Valley in the weeks following lockdown.
Basharat Ali Iqbal Sonaullah and Mudasir Amin | Sep 11, 2019
Reframing the Dalit experience
A new photobook on Dalits in Nepal brings out previously unheard voices and unseen visions.
Laxmi Murthy | Aug 22, 2019
Pakistan’s ‘good’ and ‘bad’ feminisms
The changing – and competing – meanings of feminism in Pakistan.
Amna Chaudhry | 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.
Yoginder Sikand | May 01, 2002
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India’s slow-burn affair with Israel heats up
Azad Essa’s 'Hostile Homelands' explores the ideological convergence of Hindutva and Zionism, and the consequences for Kashmir and Palestine – but there is much more driving India and Israel’s deepening ties
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
