Buddhism

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

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

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

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

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

Bodh Gaya as a site of hidden contestations.

The history and politics of Muslimphobia in Sri Lanka.

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

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

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