'Coolies' and 'Asiatics' no more, the Indians of South Africa recoil from India even as they reach out for Indian-ness. Attempts to sublimate the experiences of people of Indian origin – from descendents of indentured labourers to the newest wave of middle class migrants to the West – cannot w
CHAWENG BEACH on Samui Island in the Gulf of Thailand and the Thamel tourist quarter in Kathmandu Valley have a lot of common, most obviously in those trying to sell
As the tiger begins to change its stripes, it must grapple with the shifting terrain of the jungle. The Sri Lankan Dalit movement has been subjugated by the larger cause of Tamil nationalism all these years. It is time for its revival.
'Thirty out of every hundred men 1 in the village of Nawadurga in Dadeldhura District at the western edge of Nepal have permanently settled in India. Another thirty go
The middle class, the nearly poor and the very poor – Bangladeshis choose their migratory destination according to their class status and region of origin.
Historically, Bangal has been both migrant
The stories they have to tell are as varied as the communities and regions in South Asia which they or their ancestors left. From the indentured labourer condemned to subhuman
Jobless villagers keep pouring into the Subcontinent's exploding megacities. Urban life will be bearable only if now communities organise to help themselves.
It was easy to find Shivram
Educated Pakistanis are leaving the country in droves.
Various theories have been propounded to explain why more and more people (´intellectuals´ as some would call them) are leaving Pakistan for
