A web series on the love affair between a Hindu boy and a Muslim girl divided by the India-Pakistan border but united by the grief of losing their fathers in the conflict over Kashmir has generated a fierce public debate on Twitter in Pakistan
Monetizing Folklore in Bangladesh's Modern Cultural Economy
Today, Bangladesh's young game designers and animators are going back to their roots. They are creating immersive gaming worlds that are based upon the mud, magic and monsoon of the Bengal Delta. By transforming their oral storytelling traditions into structured digital intellectual property rights, these studios are developing cross-media franchises.
Revisiting a Bend in the Ganges: Ancient Indian City Offers an Eternal Lesson
Eventually, Kashi became a civilisational capital of India. Poets, saints, scholars, musicians, artisans, and even ordinary citizens helped shape the city. For millennia, seekers and scholars travelled from far and wide in search of knowledge, learning, and even emancipation. Its modern institutions carry that legacy forward.
South Asia's Literary Stages Need to Give Recognition to Translators
A literary festival succeeds when readers leave with better questions about a book. Giving translators a substantive place in the program would add questions about language, interpretation and the work of bringing one readership into contact with another. South Asia's literary stages can acknowledge that work by giving its practitioners a name, a fee and a conversation worth joining.
The Political Biography of a Former Chief Minister: A Life That Mirrors Mizoram
The enduring lesson of Mizoram is not that the state won and the insurgents lost. It is that both sides eventually found a political space in which neither needed to win everything. That is the essence of accommodation and perhaps the most enduring lesson Lal Thanhawla’s life offers India.
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