Like Sri Lanka once did, Israel has turned ‘safe zones’ into killing fields
But there is one important difference between the two cases: The genocide in Gaza is not taking place in the dark.
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Spivak, politics of pronunciation, and the search for a just democracy
The controversy over Gayatri Spivak’s public rebuke of a young, Dalit scholar may seem like a storm in a teacup, but it has important social and political implications.
International assistance to Afghanistan needs to adapt to the ‘new normal’
As we approach the third anniversary of the change of leadership in Afghanistan, it is high time for donors to move from a reactive strategy to a proactive one.
Why India’s election results bring hope, even in defeat
BJP won the vote, but its loss of a majority in the Lok Sabha signals that the politics of hate have a limit.
Darker days lay ahead for opposition, minorities after India’s election
Modi-led Hindu nationalists will likely win the election, and use their new mandate to crush any remaining opposition to their hegemony over Indian democracy.
Sri Lanka’s killing fields cast a long shadow
Impunity for crimes committed during the civil war has fuelled post-war repression in Sri Lanka.
Modi wants to turn the election into a Hindu-Muslim war
And the Election Commission of India is allowing it.
Modi’s elections or Dictator Aladeen’s Olympics?
Many in India are making comparisons between the upcoming elections and the rigged Olympic Games depicted in the 2012 comedy Dictator. They are not wrong.