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An Ulster banner and UK national flags in the loyalist Shankhill Road area of Belfast, Northern Ireland, on July 6. The Falls and Shankill neighbourhoods of Belfast were areas that were deeply affected by violence during the darkest period in Northern Ireland’s modern history that the locals call The Troubles.  

Northern Ireland’s peace walls — and the violence they saw

A tour of neighbourhoods deeply affected by violence during The Troubles.
Vasundhara Sirnate
Former President Abdulla Yameen from the Progressive Party of Maldives meets his supporters at an “India Out” protest rally in Naifaru, Maldives on March 19.

The Maldives: Not entirely idyllic

The Maldives presents unique governance problems as it is not a contiguous territorial nation state.
Vasundhara Sirnate
A poster with a defaced image of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Male, Maldives.

Defaced posters of Narendra Modi surface in Male after BJP spokespersons’ remarks against the Prophet

‘India Out’ protesters in the Maldives have now joined the chorus of censure.
Vasundhara Sirnate
‘Azad Nagar: The Story of a 21st Century Slave Revolt’ by Laura T. Murphy (HarperCollins India, 2022)

Book Review: Laura T. Murphy's ‘Azad Nagar: The Story of a 21st Century Slave Revolt’ asks questions on the price of freedom

An interesting case study on the Kol people of Azad Nagar who bought their way out of slavery, this book talks of how revolutions can become fractured
Vasundhara Sirnate
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