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Published in: openIndiaDivine players in Indian politicsIn a politically-surcharged atmosphere, no one should doubt that the appearance of Lord Ram’s idol in the mosque on...
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Published in: HomeWant to see peace in Afghanistan? Make sure women are includedIt is not enough to have token female representation in negotiations. Or room for compromise on the interests and...
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Published in: 50.50Why the ‘Me Too’ movement in India is succeeding at lastCenturies of entrenched patriarchy cannot be upturned in a month. But this country finally looks ready for a...
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Published in: openIndiaElections diminish democracy in IndiaIt was not always like that. Those tracking the progress of democracy in India should interview political activists...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK30th World AIDS Day - a time for remembrance, resilience and reflectionJust occasionally, the UK public gets reminded that AIDS isn’t over and done with. Not at home, and certainly not...
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Published in: HomeAuthoritarian populism and popular struggles in Modi’s IndiaIn the pattern of authoritarianism taking over Indian politics since 2014, social movements, activists, and...
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Published in: HomeThe democracy deficit in the UK and in Sri Lanka: a tale of two crisesAs a Sri Lankan citizen living in the UK, the author finds himself in the eye of the two political storms tearing...
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Published in: openIndia#MetooIndia: the future is female. Or is it really?The burgeoning movement has spilled forth beyond the confines of the film and entertainment industry. But how far will it go?
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Published in: openIndia#MeToo movement rumbles on in IndiaWorking up public outrage is an art and not all political parties are able to create mass hysteria.
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Published in: Home‘Handicapped sovereignty’: escalating costs of Sri Lanka’s post-war development visionAs capital elbows its way in and remakes the world according to its own designs, the need to democratise this polity...
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Published in: openIndia#MeToo in a country that worships God as womanDuring a festival celebrating the Goddess who kills a demon menacing Gods, scores of educated Indian women have...
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Published in: HomeA war of minds: beyond 2001-18The west's failure in Afghanistan and Iraq, says our columnist who predicted both, is above all one of understanding.
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Published in: openIndiaGood Bye, Gandhi!Writing on Gandhi in an India stricken by faux patriotism and jingoism causes gloom. A poem in Indian English...
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Published in: openIndiaHyper-extremism tends to follow extremismThe Hindutva storm-troopers would feel let down, having been trained to abuse the secular Hindus, liberals,...
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Published in: 50.50US and Russian religious right unite against ‘invasion of radical liberalism’Anti-abortion and anti-LGBTIQ rights activists, politicians, and religious leaders met in Moldova this month for the...
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Published in: openIndiaFaultlines in India's parliamentary democracyThe executive is hardly accountable to the legislature, legislators lack tangible power, so notions of the consent...
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Published in: ourBeebWhen traditional communications outperform digital technology: Rohingya refugeesCommunity radio projects in the world's biggest refugee camp in Bangladesh demonstrate the significance of...
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Published in: openIndiaNaipaul: an abandoned child looks and relooks at the motherlandNaipaul always felt that his books would stand the test of time. But which of his books on India, after multiple...
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Published in: HomeBangladesh teen protests are proof that politics is not the preserve of adultsStudent-led mass protests in Dhaka challenge the notion that political consciousness begins at adulthood.
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Published in: HomeFree Shahidul Alam: the Bangladeshi photographer exposing injustices around the worldAlam must be released immediately to continue his vital work as a voice for the powerless.
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