Women, Land and Livelihoods in Post-War Northern Sri Lanka
In post-war Sri Lanka, women navigate class, caste, gender, and religious discrimination to access land and livelihoods.
Infrastructures of Protest: Life at Dehli’s Kissan Morcha (Border Camps)
A photo essay on the social and physical infrastructures of protest built by the Indian farmers’ movement on the borders of Delhi.
Lessons from India’s Farmers Movement
A leading organizer reflects on the strategic successes of the movement.
Labour in Karachi’s Fast Fashion Industry
Fawad Hasan interviews labour organizer Yaseen Jhullan on the issues and demands of garment workers in Karachi.
Songs of the Wretched
A selection of poems on rage and resistance in Indian-occupied Kashmir.
Empire and Dependence in Afghan History
The long history of imperial intervention in Afghanistan — from the British to NATO — is responsible for the country’s suffering.
Comrade Abdul Majid: Fragments from a Revolutionary Life
Recovering the memory of a forgotten pioneer of the communist movement in undivided India.
The Caricatured Bengali & the Pakistan Army
A look at the racist beliefs about Bengalis peddled privately and publicly by Pakistani military officials in the lead up to 1971.
Frontier Fantasies: Encounters with Xinjiang in Gilgit-Baltistan
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.
Muslim is a Dirty Word
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.
Cyclone Bhola: The Disaster That Re-Made South Asia
The cyclone in 1970, though not always recognized, was instrumental in the independence of Bangladesh.
Is a Left-Wing Nationalism Possible in 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.