Rohingya
What Southasia read in 2022
Book recommendations from a year of reading by Southasian writers, poets, translators and journalists
The Editors | Jan 06, 2023
Pandora Papers in Southasian media, humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, ‘Manike Mage Hithe’, and more.
Southasiasphere episode 12: Updates and analysis from around the region.
The Editors | Oct 13, 2021
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.
The Editors | Feb 05, 2021
Long road to democracy
On Myanmar’s contentious elections, voter disenfranchisement and prospects for the future.
The Editors | Nov 21, 2020
Good press, bad decision
Inter Press Service, the award, and the Bangladesh PM.
Chhetria Patrakar | Sep 22, 2018
Letter from Myanmar: Journalism under attack
Myanmar’s civil society and journalists are divided over the landmark freedom-of-press case.
Annie Zaman | Sep 18, 2018
Forgotten alleys of the old camp
How Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh continue to risk their lives in search of a better life elsewhere.
Kaamil Ahmed | Sep 07, 2018
Latest Articles
Pandemics have always revealed the weakness of the Indian state
In 'Pandemic India', David Arnold offers a reflective study of Covid, cholera, plague, the Spanish flu and other historical mass contagions, from the time of the British Raj to the Modi government
Bangladesh’s BNP fights to make a political comeback
With massive anti-government rallies by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and their repression by the ruling Awami League-led government, battle lines are being drawn for the next general election
How a unique language survives in Kashmir’s tiny Burusho community
Despite being a small population, the Burusho community has been able to preserve their language through intergenerational communication and by prioritising their mother tongue over other languages in Kashmir
Pakistan needs to go beyond the 18th amendment to end the military’s role in politics
Reviving the 2010 reform process can be key to resolving Pakistan’s continued crises, but the reforms need to also target the military's massive business empire
