Our propensity for violence and the elements that foster it
With crumbling institutions built on fragile principles, power has, time and again, been co-opted. Is it then any wonder that Bangladesh has been marred by mindless violence for…
The pope of the excluded: Philippine Daily Inquirer
In his 12 years of papacy, Pope Francis had become known as the People’s Pope for embracing the downtrodden, the marginalised, and the excluded in controversial statements and…
A question of gender
Men get uncomfortable when women begin to stake a claim to the political stage.
In Indonesia, cigarettes, poverty and the invisible malnutrition trap
In many low-income households, cigarettes are not simply a vice, they are a daily expenditure that competes directly with food, especially nutritious food.
The freedom to fly solo
Women in Pakistan grow up surrounded by the critical and toxic perspectives of everyone around them, the writer says.
Migrants’ lives matter more than their remittances: The Daily Star
Migrant workers deserve protection, dignity, and justice.
Nepal’s migrating doctors
For every 3,000 people, there is just one doctor. The situation is worse in rural areas.
Kuala Lumpur is drowning, and selfishness to blame
The blatant disregard for regulations has turned our drainage system into a convenient shortcut, at the expense of public safety.
Victimised twice over: Philippine Daily Inquirer
Fake news, disinformation, and online abuse, long a mainstay of the Duterte years, spiked to fresh heights against families of drug war victims in the wake of Mr. Duterte’s…
Address it early: The Kathmandu Post
With teachers announcing strikes, government inaction would jeopardise the future of countless students.