A special series on Bangladesh’s first election after the 2024 July Revolution as the country searches for new paths in the wake of Sheikh Hasina’s autocratic rule
Even if the Bangladesh Nationalist Party wins, the Jamaat-e-Islami looks set to become a formidable opposition force, shifting the country’s political centre further to the right
Shahrukh Alam talks to Harsh Mander about the criminalising of protest by Muslims, anti-constitutional arguments in courts, and how cultural narratives have allowed these shifts.
Hungry for wildlife and conservation funds, Madhya Pradesh has violated science, the law and the rights of forest dwellers to establish its brand as a tiger-cheetah conservation state
Sociologist Samina Luthfa talks about how women have been caught between an interim government failing to protect them and rising Islamist conservatism targeting their freedoms
With a narrow focus on security and a desire to perpetuate Afghanistan’s dependence on Pakistan, Islamabad has failed to recognise the Taliban’s new regional ambitions and geopolitical strategy
