And you shall fail at your peril
The breathtaking obfuscations that form the viscera of India’s impunity in Kashmir.
Nawaz Gul Qanungo | Sep 30, 2014
Violence in the time of ‘no-war’
Sri Lanka’s militarised approach in the aftermath of the civil war has had destabilising social consequences.
Ahilan Kadirgamar | Sep 29, 2014
The general’s atoll
The political grooming of the Maldivian armed forces threatens democracy, as well as the sanctity of the public sphere.
Azra Naseem | Sep 26, 2014
The doctrine of the nuclear sword
Nuclear weapons and the militarist psychology in India and Pakistan.
M V Ramana and Zia Mian | Sep 20, 2014
Battlefield to marketplace and back
Peace in Burma is hampered by an economic logic of limited utility.
David Brenner | Sep 15, 2014
The security metaphysic
An account of how the defence and security industry in India is increasingly domesticated by private players.
Manisha Sethi | Sep 15, 2014
Of shadows, skins and stones
A review of three recent novels by Pakistani women authors.
Elen Turner | Sep 10, 2014
CIA in Mustang, MIA in Dharamsala
A new novel on Tibet highlights, and skirts around, many of the region’s issues.
Ross Adkin | Sep 09, 2014
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In ‘Agra’, a grim portrait of the repressed Indian man
Director Kanu Behl’s Hindi feature film examines the sexual obsession and frustration of men, mental health and the transactional nature of human relationships in a patriarchal society where space is in short supply
When neoliberalism came to the Indian farm
With a focus on agricultural policy since the 1990s, 'Distress in the Fields' demonstrates how neoliberal interventions sowed the seeds of the crisis faced by farmers today
