Afreen Fatima speaks to Harsh Mander about what it means to be Muslim in India, the punitive demolition of her home and the right-wing Hindutva project
Four new books open up debate on why same-sex marriage has come to anchor queer politics in India, and how the notions and politics of Southasian queer life shift across local, diasporic and transnati ...
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
