riots
The cost of conscience
Megha Majumdar’s novel depicts a world where progress requires bigotry.
Atul Bhattarai | Nov 10, 2020
Violence frame by frame
A new documentary looks at the build-up to the Muzaffarnagar riots and the aftermath.
Taran N Khan | Jul 01, 2015
Please remember
Meena Menon’s book does Mumbai a service, recording personal accounts of the Mumbai riots, and showing us what they mean for the city today.
Sameera Khan | Jan 15, 2013
Latest Articles
India’s slow-burn affair with Israel heats up
Azad Essa’s 'Hostile Homelands' explores the ideological convergence of Hindutva and Zionism, and the consequences for Kashmir and Palestine – but there is much more driving India and Israel’s deepening ties
Disillusioned with the Taliban, Pakistan reverses its four-decade Afghan policy
As Kabul refuses to act against the TTP and Baloch militant groups, Pakistan is ending the support it has extended to the Taliban since 1994 and its welcome to refugees from Afghanistan since the 1980s
The limited genius of Geoffrey Bawa
‘Geoffrey Bawa: Drawing from the Archives’ allows an exploration of the rift between the celebrated architect’s vision for nation-building in Sri Lanka and the country’s present reality
Interview: The precarity of Afghan migrants in Pakistan
Political scientist and author Sanaa Alimia speaks of the long history of racial profiling, harassment and deportation of Afghan migrants, in the context of Pakistan’s recent crackdown
