South Asia

Since the overthrow of the ‘communist devils’ in Afghanistan in April 1992, first the Mujahedeens and then the Talebans have put ‘Islam’ in practice in Afghanistan.  For hundreds of thousands of ordinary Afghanis, women in particular, this has meant an unending nightmare of terror and trauma wrote Teesta Setalvad in 1998

​​​​​​​Its website tells you how the Taleban are Allah’s  own gift to Afghanistan. Independent reports of realities on the ground tell a very different story

If women have been the worst hit by the Islam sought to be imposed on Afghanis, the most determined resistance to the fanatics has also come from an organisation of women — RAWA

They may be small in number, as yet, but RAWA activists are not shy of challenging the fanatics out on the streets

How do you discover that your friend is, in fact, your enemy? Ask the CIA

The US can well–afford its  misadventures since  its always someone else who pays for them — Iraqi women, for example

The countdown has begun. In less than 50 days,...

Leslie Gunawardana, a leading historian, currently vice-chancellor University of...

Just opposite the Bandarnaike Memorial Hall in Colombo stands...

  Historically, the communalisation of Muslims in Sri Lanka can...