India & South Asia - openDemocracy (Page 6)

Time is running out to save Sri Lanka from total economic collapse

Once hailed as South Asia’s ‘success story’, the island nation has faced months of escalating violent unrest

By Rashmee Roshan Lall

/ 12 May 2022

Time is running out to save Sri Lanka from total economic collapse

It was ‘taboo’ for young Indian women to work. So they joined a union

They faced poverty, corruption, discrimination and threats. But these women in Rajasthan kept organising

By Ritwika Mitra

/ 9 May 2022

It was ‘taboo’ for young Indian women to work. So they joined a union

No, decolonising your bookshelf doesn’t mean getting rid of Jane Austen

It is a truth universally acknowledged that the right-wing press will inflame any debate on decolonisation, regardless of the facts

By Rashmee Roshan Lall

/ 1 May 2022

No, decolonising your bookshelf doesn’t mean getting rid of Jane Austen

Western hypocrisy: What Joe Biden gets wrong about Russia

Those in the Middle East know the kind of destruction seen in Ukraine all too well – the West was the perpetrator

By Paul Rogers

/ 2 Apr 2022

Western hypocrisy: What Joe Biden gets wrong about Russia

Colonial taxes built Britain. That must be taught in lessons on Empire

UK government ministers want the British Empire's benefits taught in schools. Don’t let them ignore the death and destruction it inflicted

By Gurminder K. Bhambra

/ 1 Apr 2022

Colonial taxes built Britain. That must be taught in lessons on Empire

Stranded Indian students ‘watched as Ukrainian pets crossed border to safety’

African, Asian and Caribbean people said they had seen refugees being assaulted and others left needing emergency treatment for hypothermia

By Adam Bychawski

/ 2 Mar 2022

Stranded Indian students ‘watched as Ukrainian pets crossed border to safety’

Violence against women garment workers increased during pandemic

Women workers experienced more verbal, physical and sexual violence under COVID-19, reveals report into garment factories in six Asian countries

By Tansy Hoskins

/ 18 Feb 2022

Violence against women garment workers increased during pandemic

Tendencias políticas y acción ciudadana en 2022: ¿qué nos espera?

En 2022 veremos más protestas ciudadanas, movilización climática, ataques a la democracia, lucha contra el populismo de derechas y esperanza ante una nueva generación de activistas

By Inés M. Pousadela and Andrew Firmin

/ 8 Feb 2022

Tendencias políticas y acción ciudadana en 2022: ¿qué nos espera?

En 2022 veremos más protestas ciudadanas, movilización climática, ataques a la democracia, lucha contra el populismo de derechas y esperanza ante una nueva generación de activistas

By Inés M. Pousadela and Andrew Firmin

/ 8 Feb 2022