Good press, bad decision
By Chhetria Patrakar
Inter Press Service, the award, and the Bangladesh PM.
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Cracked Earth
Oiled sanctuary
By Lalon Sander and Naushad Ali Husein
Why the Sundarban oil spill was a disaster waiting to happen.
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People & Politics
Maldivian IMDb: Elections 2018
By Peter Dorset
Can the Maldives’ opposition stage a dramatic comeback, or will this election be a conti...
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Well - read
The making and unmaking of a star
By Laxmi Murthy
On the life and times of Qandeel Baloch, Pakistan’s first social-media celebrity.
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Mirrors
End overend
By Daniel Bosley
A short story
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Grounded
The Maldives’ abducted development
By Peter Dorset
The disappearance of journalist Ahmed Rilwan and the other side of ‘paradise’.
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Mediafile
Good press, bad decision
By Chhetria Patrakar
Inter Press Service, the award, and the Bangladesh PM.
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Gallery
Fact sheet on Myanmar
By The Editors
A quick look at the social and economic profile of the country through key statistics collected between 2010 - 2016.
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Reportage
Maldivian IMDb: Elections 2018
By Peter Dorset
Can the Maldives’ opposition stage a dramatic comeback, or will this election be a continuation of democracy interrupted?
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Commentary
Letter from Myanmar
By Annie Zaman
Myanmar’s civil society and journalists are divided over the landmark freedom-of-press case.
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Analysis
Caging the canary
By Salil Tripathi
Raids and arrests in India exhibit intolerance of dissent.
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Images
Forgotten alleys of the old camp
By Kaamil Ahmed
How Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh continue to risk their lives in search of a better life elsewhere.
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Reviews
The making and unmaking of a star
By Laxmi Murthy
On the life and times of Qandeel Baloch, Pakistan’s first social-media celebrity.
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Voices
The 25-year-long battle against India’s anti-queer law
By Chayanika Shah
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Persona
The making and unmaking of a star
By Laxmi Murthy
On the life and times of Qandeel Baloch, Pakistan’s first social-media celebrity.
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In focus
Before Democracy
By Nic Dunlop
Images of a country under the junta
25 Years of Archives
Source: Wikimedia Commmons
Being queer in Southasia
In a major victory for LBGTQ rights, on 6 September 2018, the Supreme Court of India unanimously ruled to decriminalise consensual same-sex acts by partially striking down Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code. This came after the same court had, in 2013, overrruled a 2009 Delhi High Court verdict which declared Section 377 unconstitutional. Here are some selected readings from our extensive coverage of LGBTQ rights in India and around Southasia.
From the archives:
Danish Sheikh on Section 377 as Shakespearean comedy. (December 2016)
Kyle G Knight on an online initiative for safe housing for gay people in India. (February 2015)
Danny Coyle on the trials and tribulations of young queer people in Nepal. (February 2017)
Sunil Gupta’s photo essay on queer lives in Delhi. (December 2015)
Hira Nabi on queer life in Pakistan. (January 2012)
Aditi Angiras on India’s first gay memoir. (June 2017)
An extract from Siddharth Dube’s memoir No One Else: A Personal History of Outlawed Love and Sex (December 2015)
Ajita Banerjie on the problems with India’s Transgender Bill. (June 2018)
Annie McCarthy on the rise of queer Southasian literature. (January 2014)
