COVID-19
Pandemics have always revealed the weakness of the Indian state
In 'Pandemic India', David Arnold offers a reflective study of Covid, cholera, plague, the Spanish flu and other historical mass contagions, from the time of the British Raj to the Modi government
Pratinav Anil | Feb 03, 2023
The price of immunity
Cost comparisons of COVID-19 vaccines across the region.
The Editors | Jul 22, 2021
COVID-19 travel bubbles, vaccine procurement, Churails, and more
Southasiasphere episode 07: Updates and analysis from around the region.
The Editors | May 14, 2021
Getting the jab done
A crossborder discussion on COVID-19 vaccinations in Southasia.
The Editors | May 07, 2021
Getting the jab done
Southasia’s COVID-19 vaccination rollout, explained.
The Editors | Mar 26, 2021
Tracking Southasia’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout
How have COVID-19 vaccinations progressed in the region?
The Editors | Mar 09, 2021
Love in the time of lockdown
How Pakistani women continue to challenge patriarchal norms.
Sehyr Mirza | Dec 18, 2020
On the periphery
India’s sex workers were vulnerable even before the pandemic.
Avantika Mehta | Dec 09, 2020
Note from the editors
On our special series ‘Unmasking Southasia: The pandemic issue’
The Editors | Dec 04, 2020
Elections in Myanmar, opposition rallies in Pakistan, COVID-19 vaccines in Southasia
Southasiasphere podcast episode 03: Updates and analysis from around the region.
The Editors | Nov 06, 2020
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Shared Zo identity has Mizos extending hospitality to Chin and Kuki-Chin refugees from Myanmar and Bangladesh. More remarkable is that Chakmas, mistreated by the Mizo majority in Mizoram, have welcomed Kuki-Chin refugees too
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May - Updates and analysis from around the region
In ‘Agra’, a grim portrait of the repressed Indian man
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When neoliberalism came to the Indian farm
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