投稿者: Hannah Ellis-Petersen, south Asia correspondent
Speaker tells parliament ‘there will be very acute food shortages’ and economic crisis is ‘just the beginning’Why are people protesting in Sri Lanka?Sri Lanka is facing the imminent threat of starvation for its population of 22 million as the economic …
Union warns of complete breakdown of health system with hospitals ‘all running out of medicines’Sri Lanka’s economic crisis has deteriorated into a medical crisis, with the top medical union declaring a national health emergency over a life-threatening…
Analysis: Indian PM is reliant on Putin’s nation for arms and is conscious of shifting relations between Russia and its foe, ChinaRussia-Ukraine war – latest newsAs the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, picked up the phone to Vladimir Putin this we…
Raja, who will be stuffed for posterity, was considered so important that when he travelled he had his own security detailSri Lanka is in mourning after the death of the country’s most sacred elephant, who is to be given a state funeral and his remains…
Activists, artists, film-makers and nuns across India write to 50-year-old after court clears Franco MulakkalHundreds of letters of support have poured in for a nun in Kerala after a court acquitted a bishop accused of raping and abusing her over two y…
A blueprint based on ‘sacred geometry’ was designed to build Auroville, a perfect city of unity. But 50 years on the Galaxy Plan has created anger and divisionNestled deep in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu, cocooned from the world by a young fore…
Government criticised for delay as suspects face charges relating to 269 deaths 30 months after attacksThe trial has begun of the 25 men accused of masterminding the 2019 Easter bombings in Sri Lanka, which killed almost 300 people when churches and lu…
As a boy, the Tamil director saw movies made in the market where he worked. Now he’s India’s choice for awards gloryAs a child labourer working in the flower markets of Madurai, there was nothing more exciting for PS Vinothraj than when the film crews …
Analysis: the authoritarian PM’s first retreat is a much needed triumph of democracy“The strongman finally blinks,” was how one commentator put it. On Friday morning, India woke to a surprise announcement by the prime minister, Narendra Modi, that he w…
Artisan producers have begun to emerge and demand for cheese platters has ‘gone ballistic’It was one day during the Covid-19 lockdown last year that Namrata Sundaresan’s phone began ringing non-stop. Sundaresan, the co-founder of Käse, the only artisan…
Narendra Modi’s Cop26 promise has proved divisive but many observers say only western help can ensure its successRead all our Cop coverage hereIt was the headline-grabbing announcement of the first day of Cop26: India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, p…
Himalayan state of Uttarakhand suffers heaviest rain in more than 100 years, with Nepal also badly affectedMore than 150 people have died in devastating floods across India and Nepal, after some of the heaviest rainfall in over a century triggered flas…
Dozens of temples attacked over claims a Qur’an was desecratedDeadly communal violence has broken out in Bangladesh after allegations of the desecration of an Islamic holy book led to dozens of Hindu temples being attacked and police opening fire on a …
New Delhi faces problem of greater Pakistani influence on Afghanistan and implications for Kashmir insurgencyAs the Taliban last week announced the cabinet set to now govern Afghanistan, 600 miles away in Delhi, the mood was sombre. Of the 33 men who w…
Islamic dress code will be compulsory as new regime enforces gender segregation in AfghanistanThe Taliban have announced that women in Afghanistan will only be allowed to study at university in gender-segregated classrooms and Islamic dress will be com…