On 12 May, Karachi relapsed into chaos, recalling the dark days of the early 1990s, when armed gangs affiliated with ethnic political parties could openly threaten, beat, kidnap, torture and
Following the military coup in Bangladesh in January, India was relieved. The putsch seemed to mark a decisive moment in Bangladesh's fortunes, which was a welcome shift from
The results of the recent Uttar Pradesh assembly polls herald the arrival of a unique political formula, one which will have a forceful impact on electoral politics throughout India for
In recent months, Sri Lanka's 'undeclared' conflict has undergone a dimensional transformation, literally and metaphorically. Starting with the 25 March attack on the Katunayake Air Force
On 9 May, Bangladesh's state-owned airline, Biman, announced the slashing of 1400 jobs. Another 1000 positions may be on the block in the near future. All in
A listener's first encounter with Amit Chaudhuri's new album This Is not Fusion is mediated through its cover. An imagined hybrid animal is sculpted in dokra,
A glossy hoarding board that advertises for Airtel, India's fastest-growing telecom company, currently sits atop Srinagar's Central Telegraph Office, in the busy commercial hub of
It is eight o'clock on a tepid mid-April morning in Khundunabari, one of the seven refugee camps in the southeastern Nepal districts of Jhapa and Morang that
On 12 May, Pakistan had its Black Sabbath. It turned out to be more bizarre than the surreal happenings that had preceded it, which included the takeover of the sole
A light scent of sandalwood lingered in the lounge. The soft, colourful lights filtered through hovering smoke as music resonated throughout the room – a mix of booming club beats and
The first epigraph to Amitava Kumar's Home Products is as good an introduction to the book as any: "An intelligent man cannot turn himself into anything, only
Please pinpoint for us why the Baloch people feel discriminated against by the federal government.
How many tragedies do I have to count? The seeds of discontent lie in the
