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The secret new faiths of Indian believers navigating harsh anti-conversion laws and repression
New laws prohibiting “coerced” religious conversions are added obstacles for people looking to convert from Hinduism in BJP-ruled India
By
Sumaiya Ali
27 Sep 2024
Politics
Why New Delhi backed Sheikh Hasina – and botched its Bangladesh policy
Cyrus Naji
24 Sep 2024
Politics
Modi’s tussle with the RSS echoes old power struggles within India’s Hindu Right
Abhishek Dey
20 Sep 2024
Politics
Sri Lanka enters a presidential election like no other before it
Marlon Ariyasinghe
17 Sep 2024
Politics
How Ranil Wickremesinghe became Sri Lanka’s unlikely repairman
Tisaranee Gunasekara
13 Sep 2024
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Sri Lanka spotlight: From crisis to 2024 election
Politics
Sri Lanka’s complex dance of Sinhala and Tamil nationalist politics
Uditha Devapriya
30 Jul 2024
Comment
Sri Lanka’s great IMF lie
Ahilan Kadirgamar and Devaka Gunawardena
20 Feb 2023
Politics
Tamil politics in Sri Lanka after R Sampanthan, the elder statesman that never was
Mario Arulthas
10 Jul 2024
Politics
The deep roots of Sri Lanka’s economic crisis
Shiran Illanperuma
11 May 2024
Podcasts
State of Southasia #09: Anna M M Vetticad on the gender reckoning in Malayalam cinema – and India’s film industries
Film journalist Anna M M Vetticad explains the landmark Hema Committee report and how it has sparked a reckoning over the discrimination and abuse facing women in the Malayalam film industry
16 Sep 2024
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Books
Why New Delhi backed Sheikh Hasina – and botched its Bangladesh policy
24 Sep 2024
A Bangladeshi feminist’s personal – and political – history of her land
28 Aug 2024
The spectre of racialisation that haunts brown Britain
03 Jul 2024
The limitations of the Dravidian model
30 Jun 2024
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