The 2023 G20 logo on display in New Delhi, India. By attending events in Kashmir, G20 delegates are tacitly condoning India’s colonial control of the region.
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In Indian-administered Kashmir, the Indian government is using tourism as a tactic to strengthen its colonial control of the region.
Hamilton Dhlamini in The Head & The Load, a production in which composer Philip Miller reworks the British national anthem.
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Philip Miller and Amit Chaudhuri have reworked national anthems to reflect the impact of history on official music.
Brazilian president Lula meets China’s president Xi on an official visit to Beijing in 2023.
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Alliances around the Ukraine war have highlighted fragmenting support for the west.
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The current acts of violence and vandalism do not have the potency to be sustainable, nor do they have much support within India or the Sikh diaspora.
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China’s population decline and intensive ageing will offer opportunities and risks to African countries.
When someone humiliates themselves on TV, you want to look away, but you can’t.
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What does secondhand embarrassment say about your own anxieties and biases?
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, photographed in New York circa 1874.
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Theosophy and its founders had an outsize impact on Americans’ ideas about spirituality and Asian religions.
Joshimath is slowly sliding.
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When we talk about landslides we need to talk about social justice.
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Spring 2022’s record heat put most Indians at greater risk of a premature death.
What can the Crown Jewels tell us about the history and future of the British Royals? In this photo from last May, then-Prince Charles sits with Camilla and William by the Imperial State Crown in the House of Lords Chamber in London.
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Although King Charles will have a low-key ceremony this coronation, the Crown Jewels will still figure prominently. An exploration of the jewels tells a tale of exploitation, rape and pillage.
Habitat loss has driven Asian elephants, like these foraging at a garbage dump in Sri Lanka, into human areas.
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A new study looks back into history to assess human impacts on the range of Asian elephants and finds sharp decline starting several centuries ago.
Disqualified: Indian opposition leader, Rahul Gandhi, has been ousted as an MP following a conviction for defamation.
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The scion of India’s pre-eminent political dynasty is accusing the prime minister of undermining the country’s democracy.
Indian, or red, sandalwood, is an important natural resources for cultures across the world.
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Because of its historical social and economic significance, conservation of sandalwood should consider cultural diversity.
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi is one of the democratic leaders who have not condemned Russia for invading Ukraine.
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South Africa, India and Brazil are not prepared to condemn Russia for invading Ukraine.
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The rarely explained term is nebulous at best, and can mean many things – negative and positive – to different groups of people.
Digital 3D image of Shahjahanabad, which was once the capital of the Mughal empire.
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Once the capital of the Mughal empire, Old Delhi is now under threat. Geo-information technology can reveal its previous form, function, and context, however, and so help preserve and bring it back to life.
Ajay Banga is expected to become the next World Bank president.
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It’s a crucial time for the World Bank, with growing calls for reform and sky-high expectations of what one leader needs to do. A former World Bank official explains the challenges ahead.
International students are a major source of cheap labour for Canada, income for landlords and revenue for post-secondary institutions.
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Recent reports that 700 international students and graduates could be deported from Canada reveal how the immigration system leaves them open to exploitation.
Georgians protest a foreign agent bill that mirrored a Russian law used to crack down on dissent.
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Foreign agent laws claimed as a tool to fight back against foreign interference can also be used to silence critics and repress law-abiding NGOs, independent media and individuals.
Waste management workers stand outside a waste processing plant in Bengaluru, India. By formalizing the waste collection process, the ‘I Got Garbage’ digital platform transformed waste workers into micro-entrepreneurs.
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To focus on sustainable development goals, platforms need to change from being exclusively focused on profits and value appropriation to perceiving themselves as public goods.