What India Should Do About COVID-19
The government’s ‘package’ responding to the crisis is a blend of callousness and cluelessness.
The Normalisation of Xenophobia in Assam
The normalisation of the idea of "insider versus outsider" in the public discourse is fuelling a deeply exclusionary social and political order in Assam.
With Anti-Immigrant Stance, Are We Becoming A ‘Gardening State’?
By expelling the 'unwanted' and the 'ugly', India's ruling party wants to a create and preserve the 'garden' of their imaginations.
Festering Wounds and Little Closures
The India-Pakistan partition might have been “one of the greatest administrative operations in history” for Lord Mountbatten, but it was a calamitous event for many others.
The ‘Rohingya Eating Hindus’ Story Is Fake
A fake story about Rohingya refugees in India eating Hindus is doing the rounds. Beware!
Global Compact for Migration: What Is It and Why Are Countries Opposing It?
Not everyone wants to come on board the non-binding UN Global Compact on Migration, which is being signed by countries on 10-11 December in Marrakesh, Morocco.
The Left Must Stop Feeding into the Right’s Politics
By continuing to hold the nation-state sacrosanct, the contemporary Left is only strengthening the divisive, exclusionary politics of the right-wing.
Why Does the Latin American Migrant ‘Caravan’ Exist?
A migrant caravan of almost 7,000 people who left Guatemala and Honduras is heading north towards the United States. The reasons they are leaving are complex but involve a U.S.-backed violent history.
Rethinking Refugees
A historical perspective into refugees can help us better understand the daunting crisis that we face today.