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The Power of Milk Tea: From Pacific to Punjab
India, Issue 5, Essay Amardeep Kaur 7/22/21 India, Issue 5, Essay Amardeep Kaur 7/22/21

The Power of Milk Tea: From Pacific to Punjab

The Milk Tea Alliance movement is brewing radical connections and political solidarities across Asia and the Pacific.

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“Bangladesh Has No Indigenous People”
Bangladesh, Issue 5, Essay Nafis H 7/8/21 Bangladesh, Issue 5, Essay Nafis H 7/8/21

“Bangladesh Has No Indigenous People”

To prevent the extinction of Adibashis, the Bangladesh government must recognize their right to self-determination.

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Afghan Labour, Colonial Borders: Regulating Migration in British and Princely India
Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Issue 5, Essay Amanda Lanzillo 7/1/21 Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Issue 5, Essay Amanda Lanzillo 7/1/21

Afghan Labour, Colonial Borders: Regulating Migration in British and Princely India

Colonial India depended on Afghan migrant labour, at the same time as it regulated and expelled them in its border-making projects.

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Syama Prasad Mookerjee: Death and Martyrdom in Hindutva Myth-Making
India, Essay F. Ahmad 5/26/21 India, Essay F. Ahmad 5/26/21

Syama Prasad Mookerjee: Death and Martyrdom in Hindutva Myth-Making

An examination of the significance of the founder of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh—predecessor to the ruling Hindutva-fascist party in India, the BJP.

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A Tale of Two South Asian Americas
Diaspora, Bangladesh, Essay Sharmin Hossain 5/9/21 Diaspora, Bangladesh, Essay Sharmin Hossain 5/9/21

A Tale of Two South Asian Americas

An exploration of the Bangladeshi American activism scene provides a glimpse into how the South Asian American political landscape continues to expand and change.

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State Violence in Canada: Police Attacks Community Demanding Justice for Ejaz Choudry
Diaspora, Statement, Essay Jamhoor Publication 4/12/21 Diaspora, Statement, Essay Jamhoor Publication 4/12/21

State Violence in Canada: Police Attacks Community Demanding Justice for Ejaz Choudry

Seven community members arrested for protesting the “reasonable” murder of Choudry, a 62 year old Pakistani-Canadian killed by Police in June 2020.

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Language for Liberation: The Class Struggle Behind Ekushey (21st) February
Pakistan, Bangladesh, Essay Nafis H 2/21/21 Pakistan, Bangladesh, Essay Nafis H 2/21/21

Language for Liberation: The Class Struggle Behind Ekushey (21st) February

February 21, 1952 remains one of the most significant dates in the history of Bangladesh, a landmark day in the context of the 1971 liberation war. To understand how the Bhasha Andolan (Language Movement) became a mass uprising, we must look at the class struggle that led up to the movement.

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The Sindhiyani Tehreek: Revolutionary Feminism in Sindh?
Pakistan, Essay Gohar Ali Memon 11/25/20 Pakistan, Essay Gohar Ali Memon 11/25/20

The Sindhiyani Tehreek: Revolutionary Feminism in Sindh?

With the revival of Pakistan’s feminist movement, Memon recovers one of the country’s less-appreciated women-led organizations—one rooted in the peasantry, not the urban middle-class.

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The Environmental Afterlives of Sri Lanka’s Civil War
Sri Lanka, Issue 4, Essay Jennifer Dathan 11/18/20 Sri Lanka, Issue 4, Essay Jennifer Dathan 11/18/20

The Environmental Afterlives of Sri Lanka’s Civil War

How Sri Lanka’s decades-long civil war lives on — in the soil, on the land, and within human and non-human animals.

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Beware the Gujarat Model in India’s Covid-19 Recovery
India, Essay Archit Guha 11/15/20 India, Essay Archit Guha 11/15/20

Beware the Gujarat Model in India’s Covid-19 Recovery

Modi’s Gujarat reconstruction model, combining muscular Hindu nationalism with hi-tech modernity and neoliberal privatized development, threatens India’s COVID recovery.

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Kamala Harris’s “American Journey”: Caste, Global Mobility & State Power
Diaspora, India, Essay Tanvi Kohli 11/1/20 Diaspora, India, Essay Tanvi Kohli 11/1/20

Kamala Harris’s “American Journey”: Caste, Global Mobility & State Power

As the Democratic VP nominee Kamala Harris is celebrated by South Asian communities, Kohli reflects on intertwined caste, class and imperial forces fueling her ascent to global power.

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Spaces of Resistance: From Indian Coffee House to Tihar Jail
India, Essay Kristin Plys 10/21/20 India, Essay Kristin Plys 10/21/20

Spaces of Resistance: From Indian Coffee House to Tihar Jail

With an alarming rise in political prisoners in BJPs India, a reflection on the historic use of prisons and other urban spaces in resisting authoritarianism.

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