diaspora
Sustaining the myth of merit
How technical knowledge became the preserve of a ‘meritorious’ upper-caste elite.
The Editors | Oct 20, 2020
The marriages in-between
A review of Sidharthan Maunaguru’s 'Marrying for a Future: Transnational Sri Lankan Tamil Marriages in the Shadow of War'.
V V Ganeshananthan | Jan 29, 2020
Tibet: Impossible yet existent?
A reinvigorated spiritual politics of Tibetan Buddhism could prove to be a way forward.
Mila Samdub | Jan 07, 2020
Great migrant hope
Indian migrant labourers in Jordon and other West Asian countries have little to hope for unless there is considerable labour reform.
Rina Mukherji | Aug 24, 2016
Finding lost heritage
Amardeep Singh’s travelogue opens new windows into the Subcontinent’s common heritage.
Beena Sarwar | Aug 03, 2016
Home and away
On transnational simultaneity among British Bangladeshis.
Benjamin Zeitlyn | Nov 27, 2015
Bangali bideshe
A West Bengali’s perspective of the Bangladeshi diaspora.
Garga Chatterjee | Oct 19, 2015
The ghosts of Harlem past
The history of Southasians in America is richer than the discourse suggests.
Krishnendu Ray | Mar 16, 2015
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