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On happiness and democracy
Is India both the most democratic and among the unhappiest countries in Southasia?
Sreejith Sugunan | Apr 30, 2018
Orange is for oppression
A day in the life of a Colombo street cleaner.
Prashanthi Jayasekara and Vagisha Gunasekara | Mar 06, 2015
Treasure Island
For India’s industrial captains, the country’s diasporic links with the island nation of Mauritius have proved bountiful.
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta and Jyotirmoy Chaudhuri | Dec 23, 2014
BIMSTEC, Myanmar and India’s Northeast
BIMSTEC provides an opportunity for India to deliver development and peace to its Northeastern region. This must be seized.
Rupak Bhattacharjee | Jul 24, 2014
Labour and change in Myanmar
Myanmarese workers are organising. The consequences for Myanmar’s ‘triple transition’ are still being determined.
K Michener | Jun 18, 2014
The fast food frontier
In Nepal’s market, local entrepreneurship beats the multinational chains every time
Deepak Adhikari | Apr 20, 2013
‘Development’ at uncommon cost
The book makes a devastating critique of the ‘growth at any cost paradigm’.
Nagraj Adve | Nov 12, 2012
‘Where Indian growth is crooked’
Economist Amit Bhaduri speaks about the current direction of the Indian economy.
Neeta Deshpande | Aug 29, 2012
The stagnation hypothesis
Unpacking claims of a ‘crisis’ in the Indian economy.
Deepankar Basu | Jul 13, 2012
Latest Articles
India’s slow-burn affair with Israel heats up
Azad Essa’s 'Hostile Homelands' explores the ideological convergence of Hindutva and Zionism, and the consequences for Kashmir and Palestine – but there is much more driving India and Israel’s deepening ties
Disillusioned with the Taliban, Pakistan reverses its four-decade Afghan policy
As Kabul refuses to act against the TTP and Baloch militant groups, Pakistan is ending the support it has extended to the Taliban since 1994 and its welcome to refugees from Afghanistan since the 1980s
The limited genius of Geoffrey Bawa
‘Geoffrey Bawa: Drawing from the Archives’ allows an exploration of the rift between the celebrated architect’s vision for nation-building in Sri Lanka and the country’s present reality
Interview: The precarity of Afghan migrants in Pakistan
Political scientist and author Sanaa Alimia speaks of the long history of racial profiling, harassment and deportation of Afghan migrants, in the context of Pakistan’s recent crackdown
