The Forgotten Massacre of the Left in Bangladesh
The Rakkhi Bahini's campaign of terror against left-wing opposition in the 1970s marked the beginnings of extrajudicial killings in Bangladesh
Iran and Anti-Imperial Feminism
From Iran to India, two feminist scholars—Ania Loomba and Faranak Miraftab—reckon with empire.
The Limits of the Settler Colonial Analogy in South Asia
Is India’s role in Kashmir “settler colonial” or part of a shared legacy of internal colonialism across South Asia?
After a Dictator, Bangladesh Turns Right
Hardline Islamists gain ground in historic election following the 2024 July Uprising that ousted Sheikh Hasina.
Babri After Babri: The ‘Disputed Sites’ Playbook
How a seemingly banal ‘legal’ tool enables the destruction of Muslim spaces across India.
Collateral Lives: Violence as Governance in Balochistan
With brutal torture and disappearances, the Pakistani state continues colonial strategies of collective punishment in Balochistan.
International Statement Condemning Escalating State Violence on India’s Indigenous Adivasi Communities in Bastar, Chhattisgarh, India
Statement by International Solidarity for Academic Freedom in India (InSAF India) against the Indian state’s escalating violence against the Indigenous Adivasi communities in the Bastar Division of the state of Chhattisgarh.
The Prisoners in Bangladesh’s Backyard
The Rohingya will be the litmus test for a “new” Bangladesh’s progressive ideals.
The Student Intifada: Palestine, South Asia and the Question of Solidarity
A roundtable with student organizers from the Columbia, Harvard, Cornell, Toronto, and Oxford encampments.
A People’s History of Afghan Displacement in Pakistan
Refugee Cities is a people’s history of Afghan displacement in Pakistan over the past 40 years. Alimia shares a new foreword to the book’s Pakistan edition with Jamhoor.
The Spectres Haunting Bangladesh
Echoes of past anti-authoritarian uprisings reverberate within anti-quota protests.