In post-war Sri Lanka, women navigate class, caste, gender, and religious discrimination to access land and livelihoods.

A leading organizer reflects on the strategic successes of the movement.

The long history of imperial intervention in Afghanistan — from the British to NATO — is responsible for the country’s suffering.

Recovering the memory of a forgotten pioneer of the communist movement in undivided India.

A look at the racist beliefs about Bengalis peddled privately and publicly by Pakistani military officials in the lead up to 1971.

A travelogue along the Karakoram Highway exploring the relationship of Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan territory with China’s Xinjiang province, home to the persecuted Uyghurs.

A narrative reflection on the breakdown of a marriage, and an awakening to a political identity, against the backdrop of India’s straining sociopolitical fabric.

The cyclone in 1970, though not always recognized, was instrumental in the independence of Bangladesh.

The 2013 Shahbagh movement offers a critical context for reading the contested histories, paradoxes, and possibilities of left-wing nationalism in Bangladesh's semi-centennial year.

On the history and terror of mining in the Indian state of Meghalaya

Miya Muslims in Assam are using the power of the pen to contest their demonization as “killable” bodies.

Toronto’s Indian diaspora recently protested against the custodial murder of Father Stan Swamy and demanded an immediate release of all political prisoners.