White-lipped, blue-collared and invisible
Privatisation in Pakistan and the erosion of a once-strong workers’ movement.
Sarah Eleazar and Zoon Ahmed Khan | Mar 30, 2015
Labour’s lost agency
Tracing the historical trajectory of worker mobilisation in Sri Lanka to understand its shortcomings in the present.
Balasingham Skanthakumar | Mar 30, 2015
Women in labour
What are the implications of the rise in commercial surrogacy in India?
Vrinda Marwah | Mar 30, 2015
Last resort
Thousands of migrant workers lured to the Maldives are at risk of becoming prisoners in someone else's paradise.
Neil Merrett | Mar 30, 2015
Maruti strikes
Jailed Maruti Suzuki workers continue to fight for bail.
Anumeha Yadav | Mar 27, 2015
Plastic Kabul
What the recent boom in the cosmetic industry means for the Afghan middle class.
Ali Latifi | Mar 23, 2015
The ghosts of Harlem past
The history of Southasians in America is richer than the discourse suggests.
Krishnendu Ray | Mar 16, 2015
Domestic flights
Risks and opportunities for women migrant labourers from Nepal.
Weena Pun | Mar 15, 2015
Visions of solidarity
A critical examination of literature that points to the possibilities of social and political change.
Ahilan Kadirgamar | Mar 15, 2015
Hunger for Tibet
The latest book on Tibet’s environmental degradation shows how any attempt to save the plateau’s ecosystem must come from within China.
Ross Adkin | Mar 08, 2015
The world’s dumping yard
Delhi has become an informal electronic waste management hub.
Rohit Inani | Mar 06, 2015
Orange is for oppression
A day in the life of a Colombo street cleaner.
Prashanthi Jayasekara and Vagisha Gunasekara | Mar 06, 2015
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