By Khandoker Upama Kabir Back in 1947 when the British left the Indian subcontinent, Sir Cyril Radcliffe, a British lawyer, was commissioned to draw a border to divide the Indian subcontinent into two countries, Muslim-majority Pakistan and Hindu-majority India. In doing so, he created West…
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ESR Maitri Dore published an article in the Failed Architecture on how the right wing in India is making vigorous attempts to rewrite Indian history. The project to assert the narrative of a Hindu golden age is concomitant with painting Muslims as invaders. With the excavation…
Figure 1. Liepiņš, Aldis, Latvian Culture Days, Ireland, May 5, 2013. Digital image. Latvian National Encyclopedia. By Kristīne Ziediņa “People are on the move in almost all parts of the world on an unprecedented scale, whether in a refugee crisis or through a long-term urbanization…