Articles by Sankar Ray
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August 2007 - Sighting
Not remembering Plassey A combination of colonial mythmaking and contemporary lack of historical rigour have left the Battle of Plassey entirely forgotten, even on its 250th anniversary. |
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December 2007 - Analysis
Towards a contentious reform The proceedings at the recent 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China suggest that more reform is indeed on the way in the Middle Kingdom, though only within the rigid confines set forth by the party’s top leadership. |
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September 2008 - Sighting
A century and a half since the neem tree Can the Calcutta Stock Exchange revive and relive its glory days? |
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April 2008 - Reflections
Bureaucracy, bhrastachar and super-feudalism Dismissing the Subcontinent's neta-babu-lala syndrome is easier said than done. |
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Featured Articles
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People versus wildlife 17 May 2013
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Reassessing wildlife conservation policies in India.
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After the flood 7 May 2013
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The new realities of life for villagers in Hunza Valley who lost their homes and lands to a natural lake following a 2010...
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Disappearing foods 25 April 2013
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A collection of recipes that are fading from the Southasian palette.
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Eat, drink, write 23 April 2013
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A food writer dishes on the ins and outs of her profession.
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Brideprice 22 April 2013
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A new translation of Manik Bandopadhyay's ‘Namuna’ by Madhusree Mukerjee.
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Among the believers 19 April 2013
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An account from Varanasi, where bhang and thandai struggle to survive the onslaught of LSD and Coca-Cola.
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Behind the crystals 18 April 2013
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Capturing the lives of Marakkanam’s salt pan workers
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In search of food sovereignty 17 April 2013
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Shifting the debate on the Public Distribution System.
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Farms, Feasts, Famines: web-exclusive package 17 April 2013
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Missing connections 8 April 2013
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Girja Kumar’s book on the Indus and the cultures tied to it obscures a tremendous wealth of interconnected histories and...
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No place for picnics 4 April 2013
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Kashmiri women tell their stories of the conflict.
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'I bowled left-arm chinaman' 28 March 2013
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Shehan Karunatilaka speaks about winning awards, spin bowling, italics in fiction, and much more.
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Romila Thapar addresses invitees at the Southasian relaunch of Himal Southasian, IIC, New Delhi, January 2013. |
The archive: 25 years of Southasia
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Old Faces, New Precedents
On 11 May 2013, Pakistan went to the polls in a general election that will transfer power democratically for the first time in the nation's history. Nawaz Sharif has claimed victory for the Pakistan Muslim League-N.
From our archive: Mehreen Zahra-Malik discusses novel means of holding corrupt officials to account in 'A coup by other means?' (July 2012)
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Shamshad Ahmad on praetorian irony, Machiavelli's prince, and Pakistan's fight for constitutional primacy. (January 2008)
Zia Mian and A H Nayyar write about Pakistan's coup culture and Nawaz Sharif's 'absolutist sense of power.' (November 1999)
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