Identity illusions, unclassified categories
Why has this tension grown between class and identity politics?
Aditya Nigam | Jan 21, 2009
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The small but important improvements achieved in maternal mortality in Afghanistan over the past seven years are being threatened by increasing instability.
Aunohita Mojumdar | Jan 12, 2009
‘Terrorism’, Taliban and the tribal militia
Afghanistan, the theatre of the 'war on terror', can provide many lessons to those who seek to crush violence by military means.
Aunohita Mojumdar | Jan 11, 2009
Whine, or play cricket
In an atmosphere of heightened militant threats, continuing to play cricket might just be a way to counter the paranoia.
Michael Roberts | Jan 05, 2009
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