カテゴリー: South and Central Asia
Intimate, unhurried documentary follows a family of camel herders on the plains of western IndiaThe title of Sonum Sumaria’s languid film might suggest a general sense of possibilities, but her documentary in fact focuses on an indigenous way of life t…
Fast-fashion recycling: how ‘the castoff capital of the world’ is making Indian factory workers sick
Reports of lung disease, skin conditions and even cancer are rising in Panipat, which recycles 1 million tonnes of textile waste a yearThe air inside Panipat’s recycling factories is heavy with lint that glints in the light before settling over every s…
At least 200 people still stranded after unseasonally heavy snowfall during china’s Golden Week holidayTrekkers have described facing “extreme” conditions after an unseasonable snowstorm during one of China’s busiest holiday weekends stranded hundreds …
About 350,000 flee homes as heavy rain and winds sweep region, while Hurricane Priscilla forms near MexicoTyphoon Matmo made landfall on the southern coast of China on Sunday afternoon, shortly after sweeping across the island province of Hainan. The p…
Hundreds of trekkers stranded by blizzard on eastern face of mountain in Tibet already guided to safety by rescuersRescue efforts are under way on Mount Everest after a snowstorm trapped nearly 1,000 people in campsites on the eastern side of the mount…
The theme of this year’s Women By Women exhibition, Rooted in Resistance, is to showcase images of women defending their land and communities from destruction – by powerful people and corporations or the climate crisis. The pictures, taken by female ph…
For 48 hours Afghanistan had been cut off from mobile and internet services in a Taliban-imposed shutdownJust before nightfall on Wednesday, the near-deserted streets of Afghanistan’s capital suddenly filled with people – mobile phones everywhere had p…
Activist Jagtar Singh Johal has been held in Indian prison for nearly eight years without full trial The sisters of the British-Egyptian human rights campaigner Alaa Abd el-Fattah have intervened for the first time since his release from prison in Eg…
As the waters recede, a surge in cases of cholera, diarrhoea, malaria and dengue has compounded the misery of people who have already seen their homes and crops disappearOn a sweltering afternoon in Head Muhammad Wala, a riverside village near the Paki…
Indian artist Indu Antony was mesmerised when she first saw 78-year-old Cecilia and has put her at the heart of a project that interrogates women’s safety in public spaces and celebrates friendshipI first encountered Cecilia a decade ago, as she was cy…
From the safety of Australia, I watch in despair as my loved ones in Kabul navigate this digital darkness – a calculated effort to silence dissent The internet was my lifeline, a slender thread connecting me from Australia to my family in Afghanistan, …
Taliban authorities cut fibre-optic network in nationwide shutdown of communications to prevent ‘vice’Afghans are living under a near-complete communications blackout after Taliban authorities cut internet and mobile phone services for a second day as …
Telecoms disrupted nationwide after authorities cut fibre-optic connections in several provinces to prevent ‘vice’A huge communications blackout has hit Afghanistan after Taliban authorities began severing fibre-optic connections in several provinces t…
As deadly heatwaves become more frequent, demand for life-saving cooling is further straining India’s generation capacity Continue reading…
Victims include nine children at election campaign gathering in Tamil Nadu led by popular actor and politicianPolice in India have opened a criminal case against the leaders of a party headed by the actor turned politician Vijay, after a crowd crush at…