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This week, Cyrus Naji unpacks newly released reports from the United Nations and Human Rights Watch, which critique the Awami Leagueâs brutal crackdown on student
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This week, Sohel Sarkar reviews three recent books unpacking the violent roots of caste-based vegetarianism. Sarkar writes that vegetarianism in India continues to be framed in
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This week, Devana Senanayake writes about the fight to decriminalise same-sex relationships in Sri Lanka, following the path of dedicated queer activists who continue to challenge
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This week, Chintan Girish Modi reviews three recent books that discuss Indiaâs position on Israel and Palestine, revealing the countryâs calculated calibration of geopolitical
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This week, Abhishek Avtans writes about the languages of tea-estate workers in Assam and Darjeeling, following the migration of diverse people to tea estates for work.
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Bangladeshâs relationship with Pakistan has long been fraught. Cyrus Naji writes that a tentative new frontier has opened up between the two countries after the
This week, host of the Southasia Review of Books podcast, Shwetha Srikanthan talks to Sadaf Wani on her new book 'City as Memory: A Short Biography of Srinagar'
This week, we follow the story of Sumit Nagal, the Indian tennis player who catapulted into the spotlight when he beat the higher-ranked Alexander Bublik at the 2024 Australian Open.
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The ongoing violence in Manipur was aggravated by Biren Singhâs BJP-led state government, Sangmuan Hangsing writes. Using arrests, intimidation and repression against journalists to dominate