China Hong Kong: Neoliberal heaven or neoliberal nightmare? June 3, 2019 2 Written by Priscilla Roberts. Image Credit: Hong Kong 2 – Passerelle by D. Julien/Flickr, Licence CC BY-NC 2.0. Neoliberal economists, notably Milton Friedman and Friedrich A.…
Demography Harbingers of democracy May 9, 2019 0 Written by Shubhra Seth and Safa Ameera Rahim. An investment in knowledge pays high dividends for young citizens and it is an important tool for…
Asia Excerpts from a voter’s notebook: Manifesto destiny May 7, 2019 0 Written by Swarna Rajagopalan In the first week of April 2019, the Congress Party released a manifesto it had spent months preparing in consultation with…
Bangladesh How Islamists are trying to exploit the 2018 Bangladesh protests August 23, 2018 0 Written by Asheque Haque Bangladesh just observed a large, multiple-day student protest, mainly in its capital city of Dhaka. The protests began after two school…
Bangladesh Experiencing the 2018 Bangladesh protests through social media August 20, 2018 0 The author requested to remain anonymous. Warning: linked images and videos may include distressing content Scrolling through social media on 28 July 2018, I came…
Bangladesh Autopsy of a protest in Bangladesh August 9, 2018 0 Written by Ikhtisad Ahmed Two school students were killed by a bus in Dhaka. Thousands of students took to the streets to protest peacefully on…
Caste Gujarat Election: The Return of Congress? December 21, 2017 2 Written by Sharik Laliwala and M. Sudhir Selvaraj. In the recently concluded Gujarat elections, despite not being able to topple the ruling-BJP, the Indian National…
Bangladesh Religious Fundamentalism: A Problem for India and Bangladesh in 2018 December 19, 2017 0 Written by Mriganka Mukhopadhyay. In February 2016, Ananya Azad, Shammi Haque and their friends created a Facebook event for organizing a 'Kiss of Love' campaign…
China Chinese Youth in Chinese Film July 4, 2017 1 Written by Xuelin Zhou. Film reflects and helps to re-shape society. During the revolutionary years from 1950s to 1970s, Chinese “youth” films were made by…