When giants walked in Balochistan
October 26 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
In my first conversation with Nawab Akbar Bugti, he cited Ibn Khaldun. I was curious as to where the Nawab would have read the great Ar...
How I feel about Virginia Woolf being part-Bengali
August 20 ,2022
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By: Jahanara Tariq
Design: MAISHA SYEDA
I woke up to a tirade of messages on Tuesday, some from fellow academics who knew about my adoration towards...
India gears up for rising ageing population with old-age h...
Ms Ivy Poulose, an 81-year-old widow, in her two-bedroom apartment at Rahel Homes. ST PHOTO: DEBARSHI DASGUPTA
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In northern Nepal, new roadways threaten an ancient cultur...
May 27 ,2022
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By: Tulsi Rauniyar
A farmer walks his horse downstream to the river of Kali Gandaki as soaring, snow-clad peaks loom over a landscape riven by rocky cle...
Restoring the British South Asian community’s solidarity a...
May 9 ,2022
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By: Nafees Mahmud
British South Asians have historically played a major role in the fight against racism, particularly between the 1940s and 19...
From Iran to India: How immigrants created Mumbai’s iconic...
April 30 ,2022
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By: Kalpana Sunder
Antique bentwood chairs, chequerboard floors, high ceilings, wooden counters, a grandfather’s clock, humongous glass jars holding...
Once home to tycoons, India’s grand Chettinad mansions now...
February 4 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
A courtyard at Saratha Vilas Chettinad mansion in Tamil Nadu. Photo: AFP
Thousands of mansions in a remote corner of India once ho...
Our missing writers
January 26 ,2022
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By: Syed Badrul Ahsan
We, in Bangladesh, are in sore need of projecting our intellectual accomplishments before the wider world beyond our frontiers. And tha...
Updating Jim Thompson's legacy for the 21st century
January 17 ,2022
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By: Max Crosbie Jones
A ticket to the Jim Thompson House Museum now offers entry to two venues: the genteel former home of the late silk tycoon and the new...
Celebrating world Turkish coffee day
December 7 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
The wonderful taste of Turkish coffee has been bringing people together for centuries. But it’s more than just a cup of coffee; i...
Why Badhon’s Jamdani look at an international red carpet i...
August 3 ,2021
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By: Paromita Chakrabarti
Azmeri Haque Badhon from Cannes in a Dhakai Jamdani. (Photo: Azmeri Haque Badhon)
Last month, at the 74th Cannes Film Festival, wh...
The artisanal bakery in Bangkok with a sad past that few c...
June 21 ,2021
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By: Duncan Forgan
The Holey Mothership in Phra Khanong, Bangkok. (Photo: Holey Artisan Bakery)
At the Holey Mothership in Phra Khanong, Bangkok...
CHAYA: Bangladesh’s First space sharing marketplace
May 31 ,2021
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By: Irfan Akram
Mehraab Anwar (left) and Farhia Tabassum (right) launched CHAYA in 2019. Photo: Courtesy
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Twins in India lived together - and died together - of Cov...
May 21 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
The touching story of twins Ralfred (left) and Joefred Gregory has spread fast and wide on Indian social media. PHOTO: NYTIMES...
How dangerous is India’s ‘double mutant’ COVID-19 variant?
April 6 ,2021
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By: Dr Amir Khan
It is beginning to feel as though not a week can go by without scientists identifying a new variant of the coronavirus. Each time a new...
The 1971 War, Caste, Citizenship and a War Memorial in Tha...
April 1 ,2021
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By: Dr. Sadia Mahmood
The 1971 War Martyrs Memorial, Barach, Tharparkar, Pakistan. Constructed by Taluka Municipal Administration, Mithi in 2006
Perhaps...
‘Brothers and sisters’: Indian village shelters Myanmar na...
March 27 ,2021
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By: Sadiq Naqvi
A police officer who fled from Myanmar following a military coup looks out to the mountains from an undisclosed location bordering My...
In India's tea estates, the next generation of pickers wan...
March 25 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
In the green, undulating hills of eastern India that supply the world with Darjeeling tea, revolution is brewing as a new generation dr...
How pandemic may finally sink Kashmir's famous houseboats
March 9 ,2021
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By: Hannah Ellis-Petersen
Building and repair ban had turned Dal Lake into graveyard for sinking boats even before coronavirus and Delhi crackdown
Ghulam Na...
The Wall of Jesus stands tall in Pakistan
February 16 ,2021
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By: Kamran Reza Chowdhury
Catholic philanthropist Raja Walter drops household items in the drawers of the Wall of Jesus in Youhanabad, Lahore. (Photo: Kamran C...
The Lifelong Isolation of Two Elderly Sisters in India
February 6 ,2021
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By: Sonia Faleiro
Photographs by Debsuddha
In Kolkata’s Hatibagan area is a two-story house that is a hundred and sixty-three years old. It si...
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