Memories in exileM.S. PRABHAKARAThe structure of the narrative of these histories suggests circularity rather than the more conventional linear approach.
The Other AfricaM.S. PRABHAKARAThe recent violence in South Africa was not part of any generalised dislike of foreigners; it was directed against blacks.
Reinventing HindutvaM.S. PRABHAKARAThe controversy over a recent Kannada novel provides an insight into the direction of the politics of religion and culture in Karnataka.
Separatist strainsM.S. PRABHAKARAThe current tensions in northeastern India are marked by a desire among various communities to assert their identities and gain official recognition.
As good as newM.S. PRABHAKARAOne hundred and fifty years after it was written, the Assamese play "Ramnabami-Natak" is still refreshingly daring.
Cracks in consensusM.S. PRABHAKARAStrains develop in the Tripartite Alliance that rules post-apartheid South Africa.
Murky dramaM.S. PRABHAKARAAn insider's account of how the political machinations in South Africa impacted on the author and her family.
In the name of changing namesM.S. PRABHAKARAGiven the unique features of the Assamese language, there is no way `Assam' can be accurately transcribed in the English script.
Fruits of unrestM.S. PRABHAKARAA perspective on the influence of insurgency on economic growth in Assam.
Signs of decayM.S. PRABHAKARASleaze and slander involving leading ruling party politicians, including former Deputy President Jacob Zuma, trouble South Africa whose freedom from a
In the name of tribal identitiesM.S. PRABHAKARAThe `ethnic clashes' reported from Assam are in fact targeted killings intended to destroy systematically groups perceived as the `other'. A look at t
Are Hindi films problematising history? After Padmaavat, the Hindu historical tasted blood and sharpened its fangs, but the recent Samrat Prithviraj is a weak offspring of the genre, neither
SlideshowPostcards from Khasi hillsImages that mix politics, history and discomfort to document how the Khasi people made Christianity, a “foreign faith”, their own.
