South Asia

Asia’s ultra-right consensus: ‘Liberal politics, sold by western funded NGOs, isn’t the answer’

The march of the Ultra-Right in the Global South continues on, but unlike their Global North counterparts like Trump, Le Penn & Farage, as bleak as the future may...

Pakistani students march for ‘azadi’

Taking a cue from their JNU counterparts, Pakistani students are to protest the abysmal condition of higher education

New documentary reveals scorched-earth campaign against Rohingya

An ethnic Rakhine man holds homemade weapons as he...

Build Peace and Friendship on the Foundation of Kartarpur

It was heartening to hear NarendraModi praise Imran Khan,...

What to do with ‘illegal immigrants’ after they serve their sentence?

In the absence of repatriation treaty with Bangladesh, officials are clueless about the status of illegal immigrants, who are declared so by courts, once they served their sentence.

The Plight Of The ‘Nowhere People’ — Of Pain, Labour and Humiliation

Imprisoned by barbed wire, lacking basic amenities and rights, people trapped within the enclaves along the India-Bangladesh border lead wretched lives, writes filmmaker Aparna Sen

Promoting inter-faith harmony: Pakistan to reopen, restore 400 Hindu temples

The temples had earlier been converted to madrasas, stores and restaurants

‘Indians Less Charitable Than Asian Counterparts’

 Mumbai: India ranked 82nd among 128 countries for generosity...

The lives of Pakistani Hindus, a shrinking minority

Religious persecution of minorities is a harsh reality of today’s world not only limited to the Indian sub-continent. History has been witness to religious persecution of minorities all over the world and while people continue to cling on to such fascist ideologies, minorities in every region will continue to bear the brunt of this malice.

The game of hits and misses: crackdown on “illegal” immigrants

With the Karnataka police on a politically driven “mission” to detain “illegal immigrants” the exercise is in all likelihood going to determine into an anti-Bengali or anti-outsider statement, allowing regional parochialism to raise its ugly head, even as citizens get mindlessly targeted

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Data is real, true wealth: SC issues notice in yet another plea challenging DPDP Act; highlights privacy concerns

This petition, filed by journalist Geeta Seshu, along with the Software Freedom Law Centre (SFLC) that also challenges the constitutional validity of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023 will now be heard with other petitions filed in the matter by Reporter’s Collective, Nitin Sethi and Venkatesh Nayak, on March 23

Religious Freedom: How the USCIRF continues to designate India as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC)

For another year running, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), in its 2026 Annual Report, has in strong recommendations, urged the US government to designate India as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), “for engaging in and tolerating systematic, ongoing, and egregious religious freedom violations, as defined by the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA)”

USCIRF’s Call for Sanctions on the RSS Is a Major Moral and Political Marker

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), in its 2026 Annual Report, has apart from continuing to designate India as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), also recommended targeted sanctions against the RSS; this is a first.

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Evicted, Accused, and Deleted: The shrinking space for Muslim citizenship

From migrant workers and small vendors to university classrooms and electoral rolls, the architecture of suspicion –for the Indian Muslim--now stretches across everyday life

Union government revokes Sonam Wangchuk’s detention under NSA after nearly six months!

Move comes days before Supreme Court hearing in habeas corpus petition filed by his wife; Ladakh activist had been detained following September 2025 protests over statehood and Sixth Schedule protections

Allahabad High Court orders 24/7 armed protection for Bareilly Muslim man allegedly prevented from offering namaz at home

Summoning the district magistrate and SSP of Bareilly, the Allahabad High Court said any violence against the petitioner or his property would be presumed to have occurred at the instance of the State, as the case raises serious concerns over interference with religious prayers inside private property