Asia Archives - Red Pepper

Mother Mary Comes to Me – review

Kimon Daltas — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 06:00:00 +0000

In her first memoir, Arundhati Roy grapples with the complex forces, both global and close to home, which formed her – including her remarkable and often-abusive mother, writes Nandita Lal

The post Mother Mary Comes to Me – review appeared first on Red Pepper.

The spiral of violence in Balochistan

Gerry Hart — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:00:00 +0000

Roshaan Khattak and Thomas Jeffrey Milley examine the causes of the violence between Baloch insurgents and the Pakistani government

The post The spiral of violence in Balochistan appeared first on Red Pepper.

Quotas, protests and political monsters in Bangladesh

Siobhan McGuirk — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 09:35:32 +0000

Student power is resurgent in Bangladesh after the success of the antidiscrimination movement. Nafis Hasan questions what changes lie ahead

The post Quotas, protests and political monsters in Bangladesh appeared first on Red Pepper.

Behind the ‘Great Firewall of China’

Siobhan McGuirk — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 21:18:06 +0000

Jiannan Shi reports on China’s internet censorship – and the creative ways people are finding to sidestep it

The post Behind the ‘Great Firewall of China’ appeared first on Red Pepper.

Grassroots India rising

Siobhan McGuirk — Sun, 25 Aug 2024 15:27:33 +0000

Zoya Hasan explains how civil and political society collaboration shaped India's 2024 election – and the hope it provides for democracy

The post Grassroots India rising appeared first on Red Pepper.

The ongoing battle for Rohingya rights

Siobhan McGuirk — Sat, 01 Jun 2024 22:03:29 +0000

The majority of the Rohingya people are now refugees, scattered across neighbouring countries and trapped in overcrowded camps. Miriam Bradley reports on a painful, ongoing crisis fading from western consciousness

The post The ongoing battle for Rohingya rights appeared first on Red Pepper.

Afghans in Pakistan: Stop the deportations!

Siobhan McGuirk — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 15:50:59 +0000

Globally, governments are demonising and deporting Afghans – just two years after the Taliban returned to power. We need action now, say The Afghan Reparations Collective

The post Afghans in Pakistan: Stop the deportations! appeared first on Red Pepper.

Ram Rajya 2.0: Nostalgia, cinema and Indian nationalism

Gerry Hart — Sun, 06 Aug 2023 07:00:47 +0000

Priya Chacko and Maggie Paul explore how historic and religious popular culture uses nostalgia to further Hindu nationalist agendas – a process known as ‘saffronisation’

The post Ram Rajya 2.0: Nostalgia, cinema and Indian nationalism appeared first on Red Pepper.

Bodies and bombs in Peshawar

Gerry Hart — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 07:00:22 +0000

Sanaa Alimia examines how repeatedly witnessing the body being ‘unmade’ in bomb blasts results in a sustained and collective trauma

The post Bodies and bombs in Peshawar appeared first on Red Pepper.

The colonial origins of Pakistan’s floods

Gerry Hart — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 08:00:17 +0000

The interests of western imperialism and allied local elites have combined to exacerbate the scale and impact of Pakistan’s floods, writes Shozab Raza

The post The colonial origins of Pakistan’s floods appeared first on Red Pepper.