#India
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Climate Crisis
Climate change swells odds of record India, Pakistan heatwaves
If climate change follows the Met Office’s predictions, by the end of the century India and Pakistan can expect similarly…
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Sindhis Beyond Sindh
Why Sindhis love their papad
For many Sindhis, food filled in the void of home after Partition. Papad holds a very special place in the…
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Blogs
Why I Hated Being Sindhi
I’ve come to understand that my Sindhi identity is deeper than the bling and the money and the kadhi chawal.…
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Blogs
Cross-Border Contacts In South Asia: Why Privilege Religious Visitors Over Other Motivations?
When a non-believing, pork-eating, dignitary visits Pakistan he/she is received at the airport with honor. Clearly, this is a situation…
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Analysis
South Asia’s 2022 heatwave and the role of climate change
Climate change – largely driven by the burning of fossil fuels – has contributed to an increase in the frequency…
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Book Review
Chennai – A home to Sindhis and other communities
The book is a compilation of personal stories told by individuals from different communities — Parsis, Sindhis, Bengalis, and Punjabis…
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History
When Ramana Maharshi inspired Somerset Maugham to explore Indian philosophy
Ramana Maharshi was the inspiration for a major character in Maugham’s 1944 novel The Razor’s Edge. The book is about…
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Research
How Urdu domestic manuals in 1900s taught Indian women to be fair and lovely
In domestic health manuals, health and beauty advice was transmitted by linking culinary advice to optimum color, health and strength.…
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Climate Crisis
India and Pakistan heatwave is ‘testing the limits of human survivability’
This is the first time in decades that Pakistan is experiencing what many call a ‘spring-less year’. By Rhea Mogul,…
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Sindhis Beyond Sindh
Sindhi Migration and Settlement in Indonesia
Economically, Sindhi families belong to the upper middle class. In the words of one respondent, “there are only rich and…
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