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The BJP’s desire to integrate Jammu and Kashmir with the rest of India stemmed from the idea of ending its special constitutional privileges, thus creating an existential crisis for the residents of the state particularly Muslims, writes Anuradha Bhasin:
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The Supreme Court of India orders the release of NewsClick’s Prabir Purkayastha, declaring that his arrest was illegal.
Read Laxmi Murthy's review essay on Purkayastha’s fight against two Emergencies in India – under Modi and Indira Gandhi: himalmag.com/reviews/prabir…
The stigma of having belonged to a group designated a terrorist outfit, the fear of reprisals against family members who have remained back home and the effects of their continuing trauma combine to muffle what they might have to say.
Frances Harrison:
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Forced migration, “development”, political neglect and the climate crisis have assailed the Maldives’ less-populous atolls, eroding the country’s identity and driving thousands to the capital.
From September 2023, by Daniel Bosley:
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Many disabled people in India report having to pay higher rents than normal in order to have a suitable home, and finding few amenities to accommodate their needs.
Shivalika Puri:
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Agriculture is the mainstay for roughly two-thirds of all Nepalis, engaging 4.13 million of the country’s 6.67 million households – but farming generates only a third of Nepal’s GDP.
Jeff Joseph:
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Nobody is more invisible than former combatant women living in exile. They are seen today as mothers, wives, widows, but rarely noticed as leaders in their own right.
Frances Harrison on the poetry of Tamil women who fought in Sri Lanka’s civil war:
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Since 2014 the BJP has gone from bit player to dominant force in the politics of the Northeast, forming state governments in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur and Tripura.
Makepeace Sitlhou:
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India's decision in 2020 to resume dialogue with the Nepali prime minister K P Sharma Oli, despite his record of anti-India rhetoric and an ongoing border dispute, signalled India’s willingness to engage irrespective of the government in power.
Amish Mulmi:
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Considering India's legacy media’s blindspots, the Indians bearing the brunt of climate change are being denied the kind of scientific information and communication they need to make sense of their predicament.
Aradhna Wal writes:
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In national discourse, the subjugation of Kashmir was always normalised. Since 2014, the stamping out of political opposition, curbs on the media and the enlargement of the military’s footprint has been seen as justified, writes Anuradha Bhasin:
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📢FRESH!
In exile from Sri Lanka and marginalised abroad, women who once fought in the country’s civil war are almost completely silenced – but through poetry have found a way to speak out, to remember, to protest, to mourn and to heal
Frances Harrison: himalmag.com/culture/tamil-…
Despite persistent taboos against them, marriages across caste lines hold the potential to help dismantle entrenched caste barriers.
Ankush (অঙ্কুশ) and Alfiya Azeem Khan:
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