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The People of Tuticorin versus Sterlite Copper

How the anti-Sterlite struggle is finding strength in numbers.

| Jun 29, 2018

False nuclear hope

Bangladesh’s first nuclear power plant is not a good way to meet its energy needs.

| Aug 14, 2016

Natural Event, Manmade Distaster

The earthquake and the aftermath

| Feb 16, 2016

Shelter from the storm

Cyclone preparedness in Bangladesh isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

| Sep 03, 2015

A Himalayan warning

The government has not heeded the lessons from the 2013 Uttarakhand floods.

| Aug 31, 2015

An art experiment in Gorkha

Prioritising arts education in times of disaster can help people heal.

| Aug 14, 2015

Life in a desert

Tharparkar district in Pakistan suffers from a man-made disaster that stems from government apathy.

| Jul 29, 2015

To another valley

NOTES FROM THE FIELD: Earthquake survivors from the Langtang Valley find shelter at a camp in Kathmandu.

| May 11, 2015

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Strains between Malé and the atolls in the Maldives

Forced migration, “development” pressures, political neglect and the climate crisis have assailed the Maldives’ less-populous atolls, eroding the country’s identity and driving thousands to the capital

Manipur’s conflict has harsh lessons for all of India’s Northeast

Rampant ethnic chauvinism of the kind that has shattered Manipur’s civil society is ingrained in communities across the Northeast

How Southasia and Oman intertwined

In ‘Sovereigns of the Sea’, the histories of Omani sultans in the age of empire speak to the interconnectedness of Southasia, West Asia and East Africa