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SCREEN SOUTHASIA: Two Punjabs, One Southasia
Director of the documentary 'Taangh (Longing)' Bani Singh, and political scientist Ishtiaq Ahmed in conversation with Kanak Mani Dixit on the topic of 'Two Punjabs, One Southasia'
The Editors | Aug 19, 2023
Swear not by the moon
The contentious politics of lunar sighting in Pakistan.
Shehroze Ahmed Shaikh | Nov 26, 2021
Mallikas of yesteryear
The forgotten histories of Pakistan’s music queens.
Wajiha Ather Naqvi | Jun 18, 2021
Can’t catch that big break
Is gatekeeping and nepotism in Lollywood stunting aspiring actors?
Neha Maqsood | May 31, 2021
The season of discontent
How has COVID-19 impacted civic mobilisation and organising in Southasia?
Alizeh Kohari | Dec 23, 2020
Love in the time of lockdown
How Pakistani women continue to challenge patriarchal norms.
Sehyr Mirza | Dec 18, 2020
Chronicling Partition with Intizar Husain
A recently translated novel brings a new perspective on Partition to the English-speaking world.
Priyanka Lindgren | Mar 17, 2020
Losing a home in Colombo and Lahore
Working-class communities struggle to lead ‘grievable’ lives within state-led redevelopments of their cities.
The life and times of a British journal of Islam
How ‘Islamic Review’ became one of the most prominent journals of Islamic thought in the West.
Amanda Lanzillo | Mar 18, 2019
A conversation with Asma Jahangir
From our archives, when the human-rights activist spoke to author Ritu Menon.
Ritu Menon | Feb 11, 2018
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