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What Southasia read in 2022
Book recommendations from a year of reading by Southasian writers, poets, translators and journalists
The Editors | Jan 06, 2023
COVID-19 travel bubbles, vaccine procurement, Churails, and more
Southasiasphere episode 07: Updates and analysis from around the region.
The Editors | May 14, 2021
Getting the jab done
A crossborder discussion on COVID-19 vaccinations in Southasia.
The Editors | May 07, 2021
Tracking Southasia’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout
How have COVID-19 vaccinations progressed in the region?
The Editors | Mar 09, 2021
The season of discontent
How has COVID-19 impacted civic mobilisation and organising in Southasia?
Alizeh Kohari | Dec 23, 2020
In sickness and in health
How border regions can be central to building a post-pandemic Southasia.
Nimmi Kurian | Dec 21, 2020
Love in the time of lockdown
How Pakistani women continue to challenge patriarchal norms.
Sehyr Mirza | Dec 18, 2020
Beyond the boundary
When a pandemic takes grip, even cricket knows when to stop buying its own hype.
Andrew Fidel Fernando | Dec 16, 2020
A brief history of moments indoors
Marginal notes on a collaborative journal of lockdown.
Sunila Galappatti | Dec 12, 2020
On the periphery
India’s sex workers were vulnerable even before the pandemic.
Avantika Mehta | Dec 09, 2020
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