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The devastating poetry of Tamil women who fought in Sri Lanka’s civil war
In exile from Sri Lanka and marginalised abroad, women who once fought in the country’s civil war are almost completely silenced – but through poetry some have found a way to speak out, to remember, t ...
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Frances Harrison
20 hours ago
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The deep roots of Sri Lanka’s economic crisis
Shiran Illanperuma
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Modi has forcibly integrated Kashmir with India but erased Kashmiris
Anuradha Bhasin
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As India’s election heats up, soaring temperatures from climate change find little mention in mainstream media
Aradhna Wal
03 May 2024
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Southasian eyes on the 2024 Indian election
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State of Southasia #04: Counting the costs of another historic heatwave as Southasia braces for a scorching summer
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Southasia Review of Books Podcast #03: Taha Kehar on Southasian mystery novels and capturing Karachi in literature
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