Buddhism

Sri Lanka continues to militarise the state, despite the Rajapaksas’ fall

Repressive legislation such as the Bureau of Rehabilitation Act and the Anti-Terrorism Act follow naturally from the Rajapaksas’ post-war militarisation of Sri Lanka’s North and East

| Jul 31, 2023

Who gets to write about Ambedkar?

Six new reappraisals show the gulf between Dalit-Bahujan and anglophone writing on B R Ambedkar

| Jul 28, 2023

Sri Lanka’s political monks rage against reduced clout

After the 2022 protests and the fall of the Rajapaksas, Sri Lankan monks are politically adrift and looking to project new threats – including Christians

| Jun 30, 2023

Screen Southasia: Q&A session for ‘The Next Guardian’

A conversation with the filmmaker Arun Bhattarai, director of ‘The Next Guardian’.

| Jun 15, 2023

China courts influence in Sri Lanka via the Buddhist clergy

Beijing needs new allies now that the Rajapaksas are reeling, but the enmeshing of politics and religion in Sri Lanka is always cause for concern

| Jan 26, 2023

Buddhist anxieties in Bihar

Bodh Gaya as a site of hidden contestations.

Sri Lankan Muslims: the new ‘others’?

The history and politics of Muslimphobia in Sri Lanka.

| Apr 23, 2018

Arguing ordination

The debate over full ordination of nuns in Tibetan Buddhism remains unsettled.

| Sep 11, 2015

People of a Southasian past

A colonial experiment in ethnographic photography offers a rare glimpse into Southasia’s communities circa the 19th century

| Jan 21, 2013

Delhi – Yangon – Delhi

A trip across borders geographical, political and cultural unravels the complex histories between India, Myanmar and their peoples

| Jan 15, 2013

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