Crossborder

The long walk home for migrants, tech and surveillance in the time of COVID-19, pardoning a convicted army officer, and more.

A legal analysis of the origins and possible impacts of emergency law.

ISSUE #1: Covid-19 in Southasia, civilian government vs the generals in Myanmar, postponed elections in SriLanka and more.

A defence of immigration on the grounds of history, economics and security.

On the Chinese embassy’s undiplomatic letter to a Nepali newspaper.

Why the overwhelming control over data by governments and large corporations doesn’t bode well for democracy.

Working-class communities struggle to lead ‘grievable’ lives within state-led redevelopments of their cities.

Reflections on the Himal Southasian Short Story Competition 2019

On the obscured political legacy of the dancer Bulbul Chowdhury.

Southasia needs to pay attention to the increased risk of a nuclearised ocean.