The Special Intensive Revision of the voters list across 12 Indian states could potentially lead to sharpening of the communal divide.

When the newly elected New York mayor Zohran Mamdani was recently mocked for eating with his hands, it exposed the enduring afterlife of colonial hierarchies.

Our selective silence on how minorities are treated is hurting our neighborhood policy

The Assam government’s decisions on land transfers are likely to reignite tensions in a state with a history of violence against alleged outsiders

Bihar’s underprivileged voters seem to be buying the Opposition’s narrative that the special intensive electoral roll revision (SIR) infringes on their democratic rights

The Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar has been contentious. It will be even more so in West Bengal, given the ongoing labelling of Bengali migrant workers as Bangladeshis

The harassment, detention and deportation of Bengali-speaking migrant workers is merely the first step in identifying and creating a new stateless population in South Asia

The Middle East continues to be a center of turmoil, with stalled peace efforts, escalating tensions, and the persistent use of terrorism for political ends

Political and diplomatic tensions between New Delhi and Dhaka have adversely affected cultural relations between the two countries

Rakhshanda Jalil painstakingly examines an older heritage and history that must remain a reference point to end the deep polarisation between communities that is the reality of everyday life in India today.