race
Becoming Kamala Devi Harris
When Brahmin and Black identities converge.
Radhika Parameswaran and Pallavi Rao | Oct 28, 2020
The good Indian American
A critique of Indian American representation in contemporary American television.
Alina Gufran | Jun 24, 2020
Blackness in brown spaces
Despite historical linkages, Africans in Southasia endure prejudice and institutional discrimination.
Sinthujan Varatharajah | Jul 14, 2015
Eastern Himalaya: cradle of ethnogenesis
Language, genes and the peopling of Asia.
George van Driem | Aug 05, 2014
The Mongolian fringe
The exodus of Northeasterners from a number of major Indian cities underlines a reality that the Indian national elites would rather not talk about
Sanjib Baruah | Jan 14, 2013
Identity illusions, unclassified categories
Why has this tension grown between class and identity politics?
Aditya Nigam | Jan 21, 2009
Latest Articles
Strains between Malé and the atolls in the Maldives
Forced migration, “development” pressures, political neglect and the climate crisis have assailed the Maldives’ less-populous atolls, eroding the country’s identity and driving thousands to the capital
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
