environment
Count your climate losses
How recent reports on climate change weigh the economic versus the human cost of the ecological crisis.
The Editors | Jul 30, 2021
CNN in Myanmar, environmental crises, and Tibetan cinema
Southasiasphere podcast episode 06: Updates and analysis from around the region.
The Editors | Apr 09, 2021
The rise of extremes
Across Southasia, COVID-19 has exacerbated inequality and overshadowed climate change.
The Editors | Dec 04, 2020
Southasiasphere: Issue #6
Digital divide in online classes, long-term impact of Cyclone Amphan, and more.
The Editors | May 29, 2020
Why Southasia’s air is cleaner this Earth Day
Environmental gains for Southasia need not end when factories reopen.
The Editors | Apr 22, 2020
Liquid power
On the feats and failings of Southasia’s attempts at regulating water.
Tamara Fernando | Nov 14, 2019
Letter from Karachi: For a place in the shade
Shade is increasingly becoming a luxury in Karachi's public spaces.
Kevin Shi | May 17, 2019
Dust to dust in Goa
How mining in Goa has destroyed the environment and community life.
Sunalini Kumar | Dec 09, 2015
Landscapes of an occupation
Has militarisation increased disaster vulnerability in India-administered Jammu & Kashmir?
Mir Fatimah Kanth and Shrimoyee Nandini Ghosh | Aug 18, 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
Latest Articles
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
Crisis in India’s bread basket
How agriculture, capital and corporate investment have reshaped Indian Punjab, and brought about its current precarity
