South Asia

One hundred hours of solitude: A Pakistani peacenik recounts the India-Pakistan war
The India-Pakistan war is apparently over for now — but it has not stopped for peaceniks, recounts Farooq Sulehria.

Ceasefire just first step to justice and peace: An urgent call by Indian and Pakistani feminists
Feminists from India and Pakistan call for immediate de-escalation, dialogue, and justice in the wake of renewed hostilities between the two nations.

Poets vs hawks: War hysteria in India-Pakistan
Farooq Sulehria — While the hawks dominate the mosque and media in Pakistan, the hearts and minds of Pakistan’s ordinary people have always been captivated by her Dervish poets.

From the front line: A Pakistani socialist looks at the India-Pakistan War 2025
Farooq Tariq — Many friends and comrades have asked if I think a full-fledged war is now erupting between two nuclear-armed neighbours. My reply has been that war has already started.

[Updated] South Asian left statements: No to an India-Pakistan war, yes to de-escalation and peace
Statements by Jammu Kashmir National Students Federation, Communist Party of India Marxist-Leninist Liberation, Haqooq-e-Khalq Party (Pakistan), Southasia Peace Action Network, and Asia Europe People’s Forum on the escalating threat of an India-Pakistan war.

The unending storm: Conflict, power and survival in Myanmar’s Arakan state
The struggle in Arakan is not merely a local ethnic or sectarian clash but a microcosm of Myanmar’s broader civil war, where competing nationalisms, geopolitical interests and survival instincts collide.

The Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir: Questions the Modi government must answer
Dipankar Bhattacharya — The people must unite against fascist forces’ despicable attempts to sow further hatred and insist on holding those in power accountable to ensure the truth does not become another casualty of the Pahalgam tragedy.

CPI(ML) Liberation: The Call of April 22, 2025
CPI(ML) Liberation — With the fascist offensive intensifying, the battle for democracy calls for greater unity, strength and determination. As revolutionary communists, we must play a vanguard role in this battle.