CATEGORIES

Sites Of Battle

What Sri Lankan civil-war fiction tells us about the country’s political landscape

Separate And Unequal

How growing communalisation led to a rise in Muslim-only enclaves

Scratching The Surface

How the Venice Biennale reveals problems with nationalist art patronage

Ring Of Fire

The Hazaras who made Quetta a boxing powerhouse

Opening The Mic

A new generation of comedians examines what it means to be French

Herding The Hindutva Flock

For Modi and RSS, Kashmir is a tool to consolidate their hold over the twice-born castes

Eroding People Power

A Himalayan village’s struggle to assert its forest rights / Communities

Crossing The Line

The NRC’s threat to Bangladesh, and the India–Bangladesh relationship

Under a Cloud

Punjab seeks an alternative after ten years under the Badal family.

Ban Stands

Raj Thackeray Gains as the Bjp’s Ties With the Shiv Sena Grow Strained.

Breaking The Cycle

A Nepali photographer’s attempt to engage with taboo aspects of womanhood

Never Forget

A new memorial to lynching victims forces America to confront its painful past / History

False Friend

KCR awaits re-election despite betraying the spirit of the Telangana movement / Politics

Fast and Furious

Turkish academics on hunger strike seek justice for victims of government purges / Politics

The Caste Card

The BJP’s desperation to woo OBCs ahead of the 2019 polls / Politics  

Dogs' Breakfast

Two milkman brothers nurture Delhi’s population of strays / Communities

Wind And Waves

A new radio station starts in Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria / Arts

Tough Luck

A boardgame plays up the worst nightmares of Japanese youth / Communities

Change Of Tune

The disintegration of the guru-shishya tradition in Hindustani music / Arts

Preacher's Daughter, Palace Guard's Son

The story of China’s first almost Nobel literature laureate

School Of Hard Knocks

A struggle for education inside a juvenile detention home

People Of Clay

A personal exploration of Goalpariya culture.

Life At Ground Zero

Documenting the effects of nuclear testing on Pokhran’s residents

Hammer And Fickle

Nepali politics sees a major reconfiguration in time for a watershed election / Politics

Art Of Darkness

An exhibition in a Paris hospital casts new light on a forgotten Indian painter

Shifting Sands

The changing nature of Qatars exploitation of South Asian workers

Uncivil Law

Lessons from Indias failed anti-terror legislation

Where Are The Shudras ?

Why the Shudras are lost in today's India

Damned Lies And Statistics

Why the Modi government is obscuring data on unemployment / Economy

Hearth Of A Nation

A Delhi basement houses a shrine to the feeling of Indianness / Arts.