disaster
The People of Tuticorin versus Sterlite Copper
How the anti-Sterlite struggle is finding strength in numbers.
Pamela Philipose | Jun 29, 2018
False nuclear hope
Bangladesh’s first nuclear power plant is not a good way to meet its energy needs.
M V Ramana and Zia Mian | Aug 14, 2016
Shelter from the storm
Cyclone preparedness in Bangladesh isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
Gawher Nayeem Wahra | Sep 03, 2015
A Himalayan warning
The government has not heeded the lessons from the 2013 Uttarakhand floods.
Himanshu Thakkar | Aug 31, 2015
An art experiment in Gorkha
Prioritising arts education in times of disaster can help people heal.
Niranjan Kunwar | Aug 14, 2015
Life in a desert
Tharparkar district in Pakistan suffers from a man-made disaster that stems from government apathy.
Sher Ali Khalti | Jul 29, 2015
To another valley
NOTES FROM THE FIELD: Earthquake survivors from the Langtang Valley find shelter at a camp in Kathmandu.
Abhimanyu Pandey | 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
G20 summit in Delhi, new allegations on the Easter Sunday bombings, the return of Nawaz Sharif and more
September 2023 - Updates and analysis from around the region
