Since the Second Amendment
The massacres at two Ahmadiyya mosques in Lahore is the result of anti-Ahmadi sentiment fanned by religious extremists and allowed by a compromised state and the silent support of political parties.
Husain Naqi | Jul 01, 2010
Beyond ethnicity and territoriality
The standoff in Manipur demonstrates the evolving politics of ethnic exclusionism in the Indian Northeast, and New Delhi’s collusion in the process.
Yengkhom Jilangamba | Jul 01, 2010
A rose by a local name…
The fascination with 'ethnic chic' in nomenclature reveals much about the cultural insecurities of Pakistan's art world today.
Quddus Mirza | Jul 01, 2010
Premature Gorkhaland
This is a translation from a Nepali-language article that originally appeared in the Kathmandu-based Himal Khabarpatrika, 15-29 June 2010.
Sanjay Pradhan | Jul 01, 2010
Valley versus hill
The crisis in Manipur is based in the Imphal government's inability to regard all the state's population as its own, and its indifference towards Naga concerns.
Dolly Kikon | Jul 01, 2010
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