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‘Making art made me feel free’: the prison paintings of Myanmar’s Htein Lin
The artist, who has an exhibition at Birmingham’s Ikon Gallery, created a unique body of work from jail unifor…
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Killed birds, rotting sculpture and a PM’s execution: the Pakistani artists who defied a dictator
A dazzling exhibition of Pakistan’s art and architecture – some of it never before loaned outside the country …
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Pharaohs, masks and bronze age boats: six standout new museums around the world in 2025
Openings across Africa and Asia offer new cultural experiences in stunning architectural surroundingsFrom a no…
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The Fisherman and the Banker: film charts Indian fishers’ fight with a giant
Documentary charts historic case of a community who sued arm of World Bank over a power plant’s impact on thei…
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Ceramics, miniatures and mosaics: the London school reviving the world’s endangered sacred arts
From Pakistan to Iran, a new generation is learning traditional crafts and taking their knowledge back homeThe…
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Thai artist gives voice to Myanmar’s Shan refugees at Venice and Bangkok biennales
Themes of displacement and diaspora explored in collaborative textile project as part of The Spirits of Mariti…
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How a father’s love for his daughter challenged India’s ‘rape culture’
The story of girl’s refusal to be shamed by her gang-rape and a father’s fight for justice, defying a village’…
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‘He’d be horrified at discrimination today’: new film revives message of India’s Dalit champion
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar is revered as a founder of modern India and for his work fighting the caste system. A n…
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‘Hell on earth’: India’s taboos around women’s pain leave endometriosis sufferers in agony
Despite the pain of the condition, diagnoses take seven years on average globally. In India, where 42 million …
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A taste of the nomadic life leaves a legacy of strokes in Kazakhstan
With high salt levels in traditional dishes linked to disease, health campaigners are urging change, from prod…
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‘If you look at the bigger picture of change, aid has been close to irrelevant’
Stefan Dercon, former UK government adviser, discusses his new book – and his belief that wealthy elites, rath…
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Nepal hospital trials ‘life-changing’ treatment for leprosy wounds
Technique using artificial scabs made from a patient’s own blood could also help those with diabetes, say doct…
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Burning issue: how enzymes could end India’s problem with stubble
Bans failed to stop farmers torching fields each year but a new spray that turns stalks into fertiliser helps …
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Gail Omvedt: US sociologist who ‘lived by her principles’ among India’s poor
The respected academic, who has died aged 80, was a leading anti-caste campaigner and fought tirelessly for wo…
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Climate disasters ‘caused more internal displacement than war’ in 2020
Refugee organisation says 30m new displacements last year were due to floods, storms or wildfiresIntense storm…