This week, host of the Southasia Review of Books podcast, Shwetha Srikanthan talks to Sadaf Wani on her new book 'City as Memory: A Short Biography of Srinagar'
This week, we follow the story of Sumit Nagal, the Indian tennis player who catapulted into the spotlight when he beat the higher-ranked Alexander Bublik at the 2024 Australian
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The ongoing violence in Manipur was aggravated by Biren Singh’s BJP-led state government, Sangmuan Hangsing writes. Using arrests, intimidation and repression against journalists to
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As Bangladesh’s interim government struggles to rebuild, data on the Hindu community’s suffering has begun to emerge. Zia Hassan writes that India’s establishment
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On 22 November, a haunting video from Pakistan surfaced on social media, showing a convoy filled with Shia Muslims killed in a brutal sectarian attack. Syeda
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As the Border-Gavaskar trophy kicks off in Australia, Benjamin Golby writes that the importance of the series goes beyond cricket, shaping Australia’s view of
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This week, Bakht Noor Nasar writes that local journalists reporting the War on Terror from the Pakistan-Afghanistan borderlands became victims and agents of geopolitical conflict
A conversation with the Indian-Francophone writer Ari Gautier about his new short story collection 'Nocturne Pondicherry' and his novel 'Lakshmi’s Secret Diary', and more
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This week, as India’s state elections kick off, Imaad ul Hasan unpacks the choices voters face in Maharashtra, where it’s a stand-off between
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Last month, Pakistan’s cabinet hastily passed a constitutional amendment implementing controversial judicial reforms. Salman Rafi Sheikh unpacks the implications of Pakistan’s 26th amendment, and
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This week, Rajni Gamage and Harindra B Dassanayake write that the National People's Power, the victors of Sri Lanka's presidential election, prioritised
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