The title is taken from a query articulated by a young participant at a workshop last year for displaced youths, both Tamil and Muslim, from the north and the east
Of Southasia's port cities, Sri Lanka's Galle – pronounced 'Gaul' – is remarkable due to its extensive maritime history, international trading links and threefold colonial domination,
Artwork: Jacob Walker
Cities, even as they grow and swell with the passing of the years, are said to retain their essential individual characteristics. But not, it seems, Dhaka. Has
Last year, an economic columnist in an Indian journal wrote about how foolish local politicians had been to change the names of some of India's greatest cities. Re-naming
Does a city have a soul? If so, does it have one or several? Is there some supra-Delhi spirit floating just visible over the skyline of Connaught Place, its wispy
Karachiites love the sea. On days when the blazing sun scorches the land, they flock to the beaches to relish the cool waves; when the fiery sun is hidden behind
India's Naxalite movement – to which contemporary Indian Maoists directly trace their lineage – emerged as a wildfire insurrection in 1967 in the Naxalbari area of North Bengal. After a
Seven years on, the US-led war on terrorism has left in its wake a far more unstable world than existed on that momentous day: 11 September 2001. Rather than diminishing,
Over the past three decades, the LTTE has been portrayed as a brutal organisation, with its structure, motivations and strategies all shrouded in secrecy. Some have rejected the force as
Despite the importance of the clashes at Khara and Pili in turning the trends of Nepal's decade-long war, both sides have worked to bury the memory of these battles.
