Bangladesh: Nation at Crossroads
Violence flares in Bangladesh, but will the ‘Battling Begums’ find a way to end the crisis?
Maria Rupa Dhaka
World
BLACK JAIL
When it comes to the United States, no other society in human history has imprisoned so many of its own citizens
Nishi Malhotra Washington DC
Memory as Bad Faith
Makiko Kimura speaks to Hardnews on the Nellie massacre, riots and State-sponsored killings
Amit Sengupta Delhi
American Exceptionalism
Know, therefore, the virtues of exceptionalism, O critics and carpers; we care and bother, So the world of evil axes may remain in order
Badri Raina Delhi
The freedom conundrum
A fascinating debate rages in Europe today over the merit of freedom.
There’s life beyond Huntington
From Kenya to Iraq to Peshawar — streams chilling coverage of hate-induced violence, death and mayhem.
People of the Sea
Pakistan recently arrested some Indian fisherfolk for violating the maritime boundary.
Global Buddhist Conference promises to narrow sectarian differences
The importance of this conference can be gauged by the fact that the Chinese were keen to hold it in their country
Hardnews Bureau Delhi
We are always running around, wanting to accumulate more and more
Amidst the chaos and the crowd, a new dream was quietly born within me. At first I laughed at it, then I accepted it, finally, I embraced it
Mehru Jaffer Lucknow
Dialogue, against fear
There is still hope floating in this ‘forbidden land, a dangerous place’
Ash Narain Roy Sanaa/Taiz/ Mukalla (Yemen)