A conversation on the failed attempts at accountability and reconciliation in Sri Lanka and hopes from the country’s new political dispensation for movement towards transitional justice.
Uncovering her maternal ancestors’ past rooted in the Bhantu identity, Jafri offers a rare account of the so-called criminal tribe, the circumstances of their conversions and the continuities of caste oppression in India today
A conversation with the book historian on how the Daryaganj Patri Kitab Bazaar tells the story of Delhi’s urban aspirations, spatial politics and informal economies
The murder of Mukesh Chandrakar in Chhattisgarh in January highlights the lack of protections for small-town investigative reporters, who also often have to supplement their meagre incomes through other means.
Bhutan’s Nepali-speaking diaspora, created by the expulsion of the Lhotshampa in the 1990s, can help the country’s tottering economy, the researcher says – if the Bhutan government were ready to reach out
In her biography of the city, the Kashmiri writer highlights the complications of Srinagar’s identity and recentres the everyday lives of its people, particularly women
