Asia India & COVID-19: Misinformation and the Downside of Social Media April 6, 2020 0 Image Credit: WhatsApp by haberlernet NET/Flickr, License: CC Public Domain Mark 1.0. Written by Parama Sinha Palit. As the world fights COVID-19 (coronavirus), the online…
Asia Could the Kartarpur corridor herald a Ladakh corridor for the Baltis? March 25, 2020 1 Image Credit: Bridge over Indus, Ladakh by caffeineAM/Flickr, Licence CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Written by Zainab Akhter. The opening of the Kartarpur corridor on the eve of the…
Asia Modi’s muddle and India’s existential crisis March 24, 2020 0 Image Credit: Narendra Modi at a BJP rally by Al Jazeera English /Flickr, Licence CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Written by Anam Fatima. With the wisdom of hindsight, the developments in…
Article 370 Kashmir’s nakba March 20, 2020 0 Image Credit: Andrea Schieber/Dal (lake) and the Shikaras – Srinagar, Kashmir, India/ Flickr; Licence: CC BY- NC- ND-2.0. Written by Seema Kazi. On 5 August 2019, the…
Asia Marital rape: No excuse for the inexcusable March 8, 2020 0 Image Credit: Parliament House by Gary Todd/Flickr; Licence: CC01.0 Universal (Public Domain) Written by Talish Ray. The Constitution of India under Articles 14 and 19…
Asia The ambiguities of belonging and the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 in India’s northeast February 25, 2020 0 Image Credit: DSC_0920 by Suhas Das/Flickr; licence: CC BY NC 2.0. Written by Rajesh Dev. As increased global flows, especially of people, catalyse new narratives of belonging…
Article 370 On Kashmiri women’s resistance February 24, 2020 0 Image Credit: Indien: Kashmir 1997 by Patrik M. Loeff/Flickr; licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. By Samreen Mushtaq. On the night of 23 February 1991, a battalion…
Asia How not to study Indian literature: Against chauvinism February 20, 2020 1 Image Credit: Orissa by Dietmut Teijgeman-Hansen/ Flickr; licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Written by Satya P. Mohanty. Let me be blunt: there is an urgent need…
Asia India’s slide towards stagflation February 18, 2020 0 Image Credit: Indian Rupees by Monito - Money Transfer Comparison/ Flickr; licence: CC BY 2.0. Written by Shreyans Bhaskar. India has long been heralded as…
Asia How far will India go with its social agenda in 2020? February 17, 2020 0 Image Credit: New Dehli Fort by Paolo Mutti/ Flickr; Licence: 2.0 Generic (CC BY-ND 2.0) Written by Michael Kugelman. When one visits New Delhi these…