Culture

Three Pakistani weddings in times of war
By
Zehra Khan
One Pakistani family’s story of migration and survival across three weddings amid three conflicts: the 1971 Bangladesh war, the Kargil War, and the 2025 conflict following the Pahalgam attack
Captain Chamari Athapaththu raises her arms in celebration during the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup match between Sri Lanka Women and England Women at Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Saturday, 11 October 2025.
The success of Chamari Athapaththu and Sri Lanka’s women’s cricket team is showing a new generation of girls where their dreams can take them, and opening doors to women in media and other adjacent fi ...
Photo of India women's cricket captain Harmanpreet Kaur batting as a Sri Lanka fielder looks on during ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025.
With India's women's cricket team aiming for a first World Cup victory, the tournament could finally make the women’s game central to the country’s sporting culture
A crowd of people at a rally in San Francisco holding signs against anti-Asian hate. Two people in the foreground wear masks and sunglasses while holding placards that read '#Stop Asian Hate'. Other participants hold similar signs, including ones saying 'Justice for Vicha'.
A fellow Tamil-descent immigrant writer reflects on the Sri Lankan-British poet Vidyan Ravinthiran’s memoir ‘Asian/Other’, exploring the porousness of identity in the Southasian diaspora and the chall ...
A yellow taxi drives along a street in Kolkata decorated with colourful Bengali messages painted on the asphalt for International Mother Language Day 2025. The messages are written in white and red paint, surrounded by other road markings. Other vehicles are visible in the background, and the roadside is lined with trees and a blue railing adorned with colourful flags.
By
Ankush Pal
The ambitious Shabdakalpa project, launching in 2028, aims to map the history of every Bengali word in digital form, preserving cultural memory and inspiring future Southasian language initiatives
A lively crowd of people from the Oraon community in Purnea celebrates the spring festival of Sarhul. Men and women link arms and dance in traditional attire, with women in colourful sarees smiling and moving energetically, while others watch in the background. The atmosphere is festive and joyful.
What France’s vanishing dialects reveal about language politics in India, and how pride and shame shape Bihar’s tongues amid the dominance of Hindi and English
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