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Caste across the kalapani 13 June 2013
 : India's response to the UN was not based on the premise indicated by the author; rather, it had to do...
The Karachi breeze 28 May 2013
 : Good article, written by someone who obviously loves Karachi. Great painting by A.R. Nagori is accompanying...
Caste across the kalapani 24 May 2013
 : I take it that the author will regard me as one of the apologists of caste (discrimination) among the...
Featured Articles
Caste across the kalapani  24 May 2013
By Sinthujan Varatharajah
The long struggle to outlaw caste-based discrimination in the UK finally succeeds.
People versus wildlife  17 May 2013
By Nirmal Ghosh
Reassessing wildlife conservation policies in India.
Disappearing foods  25 April 2013
A collection of recipes that are fading from the Southasian palette.
Eat, drink, write  23 April 2013
By Suman Bolar
A food writer dishes on the ins and outs of her profession.
Brideprice  22 April 2013
By Manik Bandopadhyay
A new translation of Manik Bandopadhyay's ‘Namuna’ by Madhusree Mukerjee.
Among the believers  19 April 2013
By Abhishek Choudhary
An account from Varanasi, where bhang and thandai struggle to survive the onslaught of LSD and Coca-Cola.
Behind the crystals  18 April 2013
By Rituparna Banerjee
Capturing the lives of Marakkanam’s salt pan workers
In search of food sovereignty  17 April 2013
By K Sandeep
Shifting the debate on the Public Distribution System.
Missing connections  8 April 2013
By Sarandha
Girja Kumar’s book on the Indus and the cultures tied to it obscures a tremendous wealth of interconnected histories and...
No place for picnics  4 April 2013
By Freny Manecksha
Kashmiri women tell their stories of the conflict.
'I bowled left-arm chinaman'  28 March 2013
By Jahnavi Barua
Shehan Karunatilaka speaks about winning awards, spin bowling, italics in fiction, and much more.
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The archive: 25 years of Southasia

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An early monsoon 

On June 16 2013, the India Meteorological Department confirmed the early arrival of monsoon rains across the whole of India. Full coverage was not expected until the middle of July, making farmers hopeful for a bumper crop.

 

From our archive:

C K Lal discusses the fixation of Southasia's political leaders with 'monumental waterworks.' (September 2007)

Somnath Mukherji explores the sights, sounds, smells and feelings that monsoon evokes. (June 2007)

Venu Madhav Govindu notes the 'fundamental importance' of a good monsoon for both city and rural dwellers. (August 2003)

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