UK
Rewriting the Empire: an interview with Shrabani Basu
Journalist and historian Shrabani Basu talks about filling the gaps in the history of colonial India's relationship with Britain.
Chhetria Patrakar | Jan 27, 2018
Britain’s Banglatown
How the Bangladeshi community has come to shape local politics in Tower Hamlets.
Ashraf Hoque | Dec 28, 2014
Himalayan melodies and heavy metal
Rocking generations of the Nepali diaspora in Britain.
Premila van Ommen | Dec 16, 2014
Caste across the kalapani
The long struggle to outlaw caste-based discrimination in the UK finally succeeds.
Sinthujan Varatharajah | May 24, 2013
A diaspora begins
Has resettlement given a fillip to the cause of democracy in Bhutan? Will the right of return be far behind?
T P Mishra | May 01, 2010
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