religion

How a human rights law became a tool of repression in Sri Lanka
The ICCPR Act, modelled on an international human rights treaty meant to prohibit national, racial and religious hatred, has been distorted in Sri Lanka to punish blasphemy and target minorities
Gehan Gunatilleke | Feb 07, 2023

Buddhist anxieties in Bihar
Bodh Gaya as a site of hidden contestations.
Kushal Choudhary and Govind Sharma | Jul 27, 2022

In the presence of the gods
Shaligram pilgrimage in the Nepal Himalaya.
Don Messerschmidt | Jul 06, 2021

The early story of Christianity in Northeast India
Colonial officers, venture capitalists and Baptist missionaries in the Naga highlands.
Roderick Wijunamai | Oct 09, 2020

Tibet: Impossible yet existent?
A reinvigorated spiritual politics of Tibetan Buddhism could prove to be a way forward.
Mila Samdub | Jan 07, 2020

Performing politics
On the obscured political legacy of the dancer Bulbul Chowdhury.
Alif Shahed | Nov 04, 2019

Sri Lanka: Back on the brink
Easter Sunday bombings could create new fissures.
Tisaranee Gunasekara | Apr 26, 2019

From Medina to Ayodhya
Physicist and public intellectual Pervez Hoodbhoy on religion and politics in Southasia.
The Editors | Jan 02, 2019

Arguing ordination
The debate over full ordination of nuns in Tibetan Buddhism remains unsettled.
Lora Tomas | Sep 11, 2015

Southasia’s free speech conundrum
How the misuse of social and mainstream media contribute to misperceptions and violence.
Mirza Sadaqat Huda | Feb 09, 2015
