In Memoriam: Comrade Omar Latif (1952-2021)
A tribute to a tireless communist, chief among “the misguided”.
Imperialisms in Our Time: Making Sense of “Chinese Characteristics”
Is it time for the Pakistani Left to start talking about Chinese “imperialism”?
Colonial Amnesia and Imperialism in Afghanistan
Western tendencies to either forget Afghanistan or to lament the state of affairs is ahistorical and based on systematic colonial amnesia.
Afghanistan One Year On
An assessment of the Taliban victory and governance in Afghanistan since the withdrawal of US troops in August 2021.
Empire and its Enemies: A Conversation with Priyamvada Gopal
For Jamhoor’s 2022 annual special issue on Imperialism in South Asia, we interviewed Priyamvada Gopal, renowned scholar on race, colonialism and imperialism.
Sri Lanka’s Dual Crisis: Ethnic Conflict & the Debt Economy
Reimagining a pluralist Sri Lanka in the wake of the ‘Gota Go Home’ movement.
Is Sri Lanka Heading Towards Further Turmoil: Roots of the 2022 Economic Crisis
Tracing colonial underdevelopment, incomplete industrialization and misplaced priorities in Sri Lanka.
Rural Emancipation in South Asia Today
A reflection on the several faultlines that need addressing to further emancipatory politics in South Asia’s countryside.
“Strikes Are Normal Growing up”: Plantation Politics in Sri Lanka
An interview with Menaha Kandaswamy, former General Secretary of the Ceylon Plantation Workers’ Union.
Itineraries of Insurgency in Rural India
Sara Abraham speaks to veteran Odia activist and author Ranjana Padhi.
Land Reforms Are Dead, Long Live Land Reforms: Thoughts on Land Struggles in Pakistan
By juxtaposing communist-led land-to-the-tiller struggles in 1970s Pakistan with current movements against real-estatization, we see the prospects and limits of redistributive land politics.
Contestations over Land in Northern Sri Lanka
Rethinking hegemony and resistance in land conflicts in the post-civil war Sri Lankan North.