Comment / Members-only Pashtuns will not be pawns in Pakistan’s dangerous game with the TTP and Taliban Recent protests in Swat and Waziristan highlight discontent with rising militancy and the Pakistan military By Hurmat Ali Shah / 17 Feb 2023
Comment / Members-only Sri Lanka’s local elections are a major threat to the ruling class Rising anger, prolonged economic crisis, painful IMF-backed policies and the government’s anti-democratic tendencies are creating a volatile mix, with Ranil Wickremesinghe, the Rajapaksas and Sri Lanka’s political elites on alert By Jayadeva Uyangoda / 13 Feb 2023
Comment / Members-only 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 By Tisaranee Gunasekara / 26 Jan 2023
Comment / Members-only The paanwallah A devotee’s paean to the culture of paan. By Bilal Moin / 9 Dec 2022
Comment / Members-only Tunnel to the future How the Atal Tunnel is reshaping life in Lahaul. By Kesang Thakur and Anu Sabhlok / 28 Oct 2022
Comment / Members-only Ghar ki shaadi Of family pressure, maulvis and the nikahnama. By Syeda Rumana Mehdi / 27 Sep 2022
Comment / Members-only Notes on the Sri Lankan struggle Police brutality and growing public consciousness during the ‘Janatha Aragalaya’. By Marlon Ariyasinghe / 9 Aug 2022
Comment / Members-only Why does Everest matter? Science, labour and the rise of altitude to measure mountains. By Lachlan Fleetwood / 5 Aug 2022
Comment / Members-only India’s vanishing pasts On the Idara archives' efforts to preserve Deccan literary, artistic, and historical cultures. By Sarah Waheed and Yamini Krishna / 19 Jul 2022
Comment / Members-only Kashmir Press Club shutdown Killing an institution. By Majid Maqbool and Wasaaf Jeelani / 4 Jul 2022
Comment / Members-only Making sense of Nepali politics Scholars of political structures and processes in today’s Nepal struggle to find their feet. By Pranab Kharel and Gaurab KC / 1 Jul 2022
Comment / Members-only The machine that went rogue Learning from Myanmar’s unsuccessful ‘Third Force’ movement. By Aung Kaung Myat / 28 Jun 2022
