India Should Treat the Migrant Workers Exodus as a Humanitarian Crisis, and Migrants As...
The ongoing migrant worker crisis in India triggered by the COVID-19 lockdown is a humanitarian emergency, and those affected are Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
Europe Is Using COVID-19 to Keep Migrants Away in the Mediterranean
Europe is hardening its borders in the Mediterranean under the garb of pandemic control, putting vulnerable migrants at risk.
COVID-19 Crisis in India: State Must Fend for the Weakest, Without Excuses
The recent incident where 16 migrant workers were crushed under a train while walking back home shows the failure of the Indian state in easing the distress of the most vulnerable during the COVID-19 lockdown.
COVID-19 in India: Government Must Move Fast to Help Construction Workers
Amidst the COVID-19 crisis, the Indian government must fully utilise its national cess fund for construction workers to ease their distress.
Virus or Hate, What Kills More?
Myanmar and India throw up troubling instances of things equally, if not more, menacing as the Novel Coronavirus - hatred, discrimination and relentless wars.
COVID-19 Lockdown in India: Migrant Workers Continue to Suffer
Two recent reports reveal how India's migrant workforce still remains cut off from critical benefits, despite a stimulus package.
Assamese Nationalism and the Project of Enclosing History
Erecting fences around the open field of history is a dominant feature of Assamese ethnonationalism.
Reading Proof as ‘Proofs’: The Search For The Elusive Bangladeshi in Assam
In Assam, the complex process of identity formation takes an even more deviously complex form through the course of its colonial and post-colonial history.
Myanmar’s Ongoing Agony: Time to Heed the Lessons of History
The fate of Dai Vet and Dali kingdoms could hold a lesson in inclusive statecraft for Myanmar's political decision-makers and peacebuilders.
Rohingya Camps in Bangladesh Vulnerable to Devastating COVID-19 Outbreak
More than a million are at risk, as cramped living conditions, together with lack of water, communications, and healthcare, leave refugees vulnerable to disease.