migration
Bound by the bindi
Has wearing the bindi been an act of conformity to the Sindhi community?
Chandni Doulatramani | Feb 25, 2021
The rise of extremes
Across Southasia, COVID-19 has exacerbated inequality and overshadowed climate change.
The Editors | Dec 04, 2020
Southasiasphere: ISSUE #2
The long walk home for migrants, tech and surveillance in the time of COVID-19, pardoning a convicted army officer, and more.
The Editors | Apr 03, 2020
‘We are here because you were there’
A defence of immigration on the grounds of history, economics and security.
Ambreen Agha | Mar 06, 2020
The marriages in-between
A review of Sidharthan Maunaguru’s 'Marrying for a Future: Transnational Sri Lankan Tamil Marriages in the Shadow of War'.
V V Ganeshananthan | Jan 29, 2020
Far from home
A photo essay on Nepali women migrants in India.
Sarita Ramamoorthy and Laxmi Murthy | Jan 21, 2019
Great migrant hope
Indian migrant labourers in Jordon and other West Asian countries have little to hope for unless there is considerable labour reform.
Rina Mukherji | Aug 24, 2016
From Kathmandu to Kent: Nepalis in the UK
Diversity, activism and religion in a new diasporic community.
David N Gellner | Dec 26, 2014
Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn
‘Zarmina’ and her experience of displacement and exile.
Taran N Khan | Mar 30, 2014
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How the IMF bailout is changing Sri Lanka’s foreign policy
The recent IMF bailout package has significantly shifted Sri Lanka’s foreign policy with major players such as China, India and the United States, though such shifts do not seem to bode well for its people
Canadian-Tamil comedian Sunthar V navigates queerness and Tamil identity
Sunthar V, founder of the Tamil Comedy Club in central London, attempts to push social boundaries with his comedy in Chennai
Is an Adani port devastating Kerala’s coast?
Activists say coastal communities and marine life around Kerala’s Vizhinjam Port are paying a heavy price for the Adani Group project
Delhi’s longest-running play reflects the changing city
The shape-shifting ‘Ghalib in New Delhi’ captures 26 years of sociopolitical change in Delhi and beyond
