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The frontier economy
Corruption and inequality have remained key features of Myanmar’s post-democratic political economy.
Thant Myint-U | Dec 04, 2019
Dispatches from a foreign correspondent in crisis
Pallavi Aiyar’s Punjabi Parmesan is an ambitious and, at times, exasperating account of contemporary Europe.
Adam B Lerner | Jun 16, 2014
Partition on the sand
A new book on the people of Banni, a desert region in a corner of Gujarat, examines them as a distinct cultural unit.
Nandita Bhavnani | Jun 10, 2014
Partition’s incomplete stories
Vishwajyoti Ghosh curates a collection of graphic narratives that capture the layered history of Partition.
Vijay Prashad | Mar 03, 2014
Dubai’s ‘in-between’ Southasians
Neha Vora examines the past and present of Indians living in Dubai and grapples with issues related to their identity and belonging.
Tristan Bruslé | Mar 02, 2014
Deride and conquer
Shashank Kela’s book on Adivasi history contextualises and re-evaluates their current struggles
C R Bijoy | Jul 15, 2013
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Strains between Malé and the atolls in the Maldives
Forced migration, “development” pressures, political neglect and the climate crisis have assailed the Maldives’ less-populous atolls, eroding the country’s identity and driving thousands to the capital
Manipur’s conflict has harsh lessons for all of India’s Northeast
Rampant ethnic chauvinism of the kind that has shattered Manipur’s civil society is ingrained in communities across the Northeast
How Southasia and Oman intertwined
In ‘Sovereigns of the Sea’, the histories of Omani sultans in the age of empire speak to the interconnectedness of Southasia, West Asia and East Africa
G20 summit in Delhi, new allegations on the Easter Sunday bombings, the return of Nawaz Sharif and more
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