Culture
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‘Once again, the west turns away’: a new book recounts the fall and rise of the Taliban
Esteemed foreign correspondent Jon Lee Anderson’s new book offers a full accounting of life in Afghanistan fro…
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Labour peer calls for removal of Clive of India statue from outside Foreign Office
Thangam Debbonaire says Indian visitors to the ministry should not have to walk past ‘historically inaccurate’…
- Arundhati Roy, Books, Censorship, Culture, Freedom of speech, India, Kashmir, Narendra Modi, South and Central Asia, World news
Arundhati Roy works among dozens of books banned in Indian-administered Kashmir
Censorship order accuses books of promoting ‘false narrative and secessionism’ in disputed territoryThe govern…
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‘I feel equally rooted in bhangra and hyperpop, queer anthems and Sufi poetry’: Pakistani star Ali Sethi on his defiant debut album
The Pakistani-American singer has fused traditional singing with Technicolor pop to express forbidden love, ta…
- Books, Culture, Economics, Higher education, History books, India, Karl Marx, Labour, London School of Economics and Political Science, Politics, Politics past, South and Central Asia, World news
Lord Desai obituary
Economist who reassessed Karl Marx’s view of the durability of capitalism and wrote on Indian culture and hist…
- Bollywood, Business, Culture, Film, Film industry, India, Media, Netflix, South and Central Asia, Technology, World news, YouTube
Aamir Khan: India’s movie legend on a cut-price mission to save Bollywood
The superstar actor will release his latest film on YouTube so families who cannot afford cinema trips can wat…
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Indian film company to rerelease romantic drama with AI ‘happy ending’
Director ‘heartbroken’ after 2013 film about doomed romance between Hindu man and Muslim woman altered without…
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Chinese officials warn women comedians that men are no laughing matter
The warning comes after a string of shows by women comedians joking about men went viralChinese provincial off…
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Diljit Dosanjh is one of the biggest Asian stars in the world. So why can’t Indian cinemagoers see his latest film?
Sardaar Ji 3 is breaking box office records despite not being released to its most famous actor’s home audienc…
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Indian film board criticised for cutting ‘overly sensual’ Superman kisses
Viewers complain that board allows violence and misogyny in Indian films but not a smooch in a Hollywood relea…
- Architecture, Art and design, Bangladesh, Climate crisis, Culture, Environment, South and Central Asia, World news
Dhaka builds for a wetter future – in pictures
Across the Bangladeshi megacity, designers are adapting to the climate crisis Continue reading...
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‘Will AI take my job?’ A trip to a Beijing fortune-telling bar to see what lies ahead
Amy Hawkins visits one of the many bars popping up across Chinese cities offering drinks, snacks and a vision …
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Shattered Lands by Sam Dalrymple review – the many partitions of southern Asia
A deeply researched history that examines colonial and post-colonial faultlines, from Aden to MyanmarEarlier t…
- Asia Pacific, Books, Culture, History books, Japan, Nuclear weapons, Science, Second world war, US military, Weapons technology
‘You don’t brag about wiping out 60‑70,000 people’: the men who dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
This summer will mark 80 years since the attacks stunned the world. Today, every one of the crew members who c…
- Activism, Afghanistan, Culture, Family, Father's Day, Feminism, Film, Gender, Global development, India, Life and style, Malala Yousafzai, Sexual violence, Short films, South and Central Asia, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Malala and Kiran faced violence, threats and shame. Now their fathers want ‘all men to stand with women’
Ziauddin Yousafzai and Ranjit appear in a new film in which they discuss fatherhood, courage, gender justice a…