The Forgotten Massacre of the Left in Bangladesh
The Rakkhi Bahini's campaign of terror against left-wing opposition in the 1970s marked the beginnings of extrajudicial killings in Bangladesh
The Politics of Indigeneity in Post-Hasina Bangladesh
Adibashi struggles in the Chittagong Hill Tracts continue to expose the limits of Bangladeshi nationalism
The Limits of the Settler Colonial Analogy in South Asia
Is India’s role in Kashmir “settler colonial” or part of a shared legacy of internal colonialism across South Asia?
After a Dictator, Bangladesh Turns Right
Hardline Islamists gain ground in historic election following the 2024 July Uprising that ousted Sheikh Hasina.
The Enigma of Pinaki’s Populism
On Pinaki Bhattacharya’s strategies to fame as Bangladesh’s most popular right-wing influencer.
Destituting the Party: The Crisis of the Pakistani Left
A critique of party-centric tendencies within the Pakistani Left’s debate on the India-Pakistan conflict
Babri After Babri: The ‘Disputed Sites’ Playbook
How a seemingly banal ‘legal’ tool enables the destruction of Muslim spaces across India.
Forging the Steel of Unity: Left Politics in Contemporary Pakistan
A defense of the Haqooq-e-Khalq Party’s anti-imperialist position that critiques sectarian and messianic tendencies on the Pakistani Left, and advances a dialectical, universalist strategy for socialist renewal in the country.
How the Recent Indo-Pak Conflict Exposed Fault Lines in the Pakistani Left
The Pakistani Left's divergent responses to the recent India-Pakistan conflict reveal deep ideological contradictions and strategic blind spots.
Militant Centrism in Bangladesh after the Uprisings
Despite its ostensibly revolutionary origins, Bangladesh's student-led party finds itself in questionable company in the new political landscape. What does its trajectory tell us about "post ideological" politics?
Roots of the Parachinar Conflict
Hassan Turi explores how land disputes and Afghan wars have created conditions ripe for sectarian violence in Kurram.
Sri Lanka’s Selective Solidarities
Sri Lanka condemns Israel’s military actions in Palestine while maintaining military control and settlement programmes in Tamil territories.