China and Saudi Arabia are attempting to rework Southasia’s geopolitics, but the problems of terrorism, economic fragility, the India–Pakistan rivalry may undo their ambitions
An observer of the 1999 Chemmani exhumations reflects on newly uncovered mass graves and Sri Lanka’s continued failure to deliver justice for Tamil victims of war-time crimes
The Assamese icon sang and spoke the language of the secular, and his death – like his art – united Assam’s Hindus and Muslims, tribals and non-tribals, rich and poor
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 ...
