Rohingya

A Rohingya photographer’s dispatch on food-aid cuts in the refugee camps

The reduction in World Food Program rations for Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, is exacerbating their immense suffering. Food insecurity and malnutrition, already acute, are worsening.

| Apr 28, 2023

Myanmar, Bangladesh, and the global game over Rohingya repatriation

Myanmar’s military wants the world to believe it will soon repatriate Rohingya refugees, but their fate seems a diminishing priority amid US, Chinese, ASEAN and other interests at play

| Apr 07, 2023

The Rohingya crisis at sea, and beyond

A crossborder discussion on the Rohingya community and their ongoing struggles for survival, dignity and justice

| Mar 02, 2023

What Southasia read in 2022

Book recommendations from a year of reading by Southasian writers, poets, translators and journalists

| Jan 06, 2023

What the military coup means for Myanmar’s ethnic conflicts

And why there’s a need to support a diverse, multi-ethnic coalition of opposition groups in Myanmar.

| Feb 05, 2021

Long road to democracy

On Myanmar’s contentious elections, voter disenfranchisement and prospects for the future.

| Nov 21, 2020

Adrift

A short story

| Jun 24, 2019

Letter from Myanmar

An Indian street magician in Yangon.

| Feb 28, 2019

Good press, bad decision

Inter Press Service, the award, and the Bangladesh PM.

| Sep 22, 2018

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