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From the enigmatic Easter Island in the East to the dying Aral Sea in the West, Asia is a land of contrasts: two great civilizations – India and China – deserts, hugely populated areas and a great number of indigenous people struggling for their survival.
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Coronavirus: Social distancing a cruel joke for slum dwellers in Himalayan cities
Joydeep Gupta जॉयदीप गुप्ता
Packed inside tiny homes on metre-wide lanes, slum dwellers facing the Covid-19 pandemic wonder how they can distance themselves
What distance is possible in places like Ganj Road, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh? [image: Alamy]
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From 'Shikara' to Shaheen Bagh: a shared tale of pain and longing
Avijit Pathak अविजित पाठक
These two politico-aesthetic experiences strike at the heart of the violence at play today and offer hope.
A still from 'Shikara' (centre), and right and left, scenes from the protests at Shaheen Bagh. Photos: PTI, official poster
I am not a Kashmiri ...
India, December, 2019: When the Republic found its voice again
Badri Raina बद्री राएना بدری رائنا
It may not be an exaggeration to say that “we the people” have re-assumed their ownership of India.
Anti-CAA protests at Mangaluru on Thursday. Photo: PTI
If there is one trope in human life that one ought never to be cocksure about, ...
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As protests rage on Citizenship Bill, Is India becoming a Hindu nation?
- Jeffrey Gettleman - Maria Abi-Habib ماريا أبي حبيب
Several people have been killed as unrest spreads to new corners of the country. Many see the passage ...
I am Indian; why is the government sending me into exile?
- Aatish Taseer ਮੁੱਢਲੀ ਜ਼ਿੰਦਗੀ
The letter from the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs arrived in September 2019. My mother sent me a ...
Behind Hong Kong’s black terror
- Pepe Escobar Пепе Эскобар
Deciphering who’s behind the violence leads to a long list of possibilities
A radical ...
The NED strikes again: how neocon money is funding the Hong Kong Protests
- Mnar Muhawesh منار مهاوش
The West has more to do with the Hong Kong protest movement than it would like us to know. It’ ...
Hong Kong, Kashmir: a Tale of Two Occupations
- Pepe Escobar Пепе Эскобар
Readers from myriad latitudes have been asking me about Hong Kong. They know it’s one of my ...
Kashmir explainer: From Article 370 to Article 3, Modi-Shah upend the Constitution
- The Wire द वायर دی وائر
The move has undone seven decades of official policy and taken the country into uncharted legal and ...
The Dragon lays out its road map, denies seeking hegemony
- Pepe Escobar Пепе Эскобар
China’s ‘National Defense in the New Era’ white paper shows where the country aims ...
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