Pakistan

Internal Affairs

Madhavankutty Pillai

On the curious sudden arrest of Dawood Ibrahim’s brother

Bisauli: A Place for Sedition

Omkar Khandekar

In this town, they support Pakistan and their numbers worry Hindu activists

The Doval Doctrine: Never Say Never Again

Amita Shah

India’s National Security Adviser may be playing the diplomat with China, but it is his muscular approach to threats that makes him effective

Lahore Calling

Devapriya Roy

A novel that overturns the hierarchies of contemporary upper-class Pakistani society

A Movement Revisited

Ram Madhav

The independence struggle as a narrative of the highs and lows of our national will

The Past is a Divided Country

Nayanjot Lahiri

Is it possible for the Mohenjodaro necklace and girdle to be reunited?

Partition Narratives and National Projects

Anam Zakaria

Hell is the other, still

Will the military establishment, said to be in cahoots with the Supreme Court, ever restrain itself from imposing its power in tacit and blatant ways? Will the ruling elites ever be properly checked for wealth beyond apparent means?

The Fall of Nawaz Sharif

Raza Rumi

The story of Nawaz Sharif’s rise and fall is the story of contemporary Pakistan. For him, it matters little if it is the Army or the Court. History has moved in circles for him and yet another uncertain phase of his political career begins