On February 6, Kyrgyzstan’s parliament passed a new law to “expand the possibilities of choosing a surname according to Kyrgyz traditions and cultural characteristics.” In practice, the Kyrgyz ...
Hindustan Lever Pavilion, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India. 1961. Demolished. Charles Correa (1930–2015), and Mahendra Raj (b. 1924). . Image Courtesy of Swaraj Art Archive The exhibition is organized ...
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Municipal Stadium, Ahmedabad, India. 1959–1966. Architect: Charles Correa (1930–2015). Engineer: Mahendra Raj (b. 1924). Exterior view. (Randhir Singh/Image courtesy MoMA) The ...
As a generation of Central Asian adoptees enter adulthood in the United States, their personal quests for identity sit side-by-side with discussions of decolonization. The region’s search for language ...
Decades after its peak in the 1960s, “decolonization” has made a comeback as a historical struggle, a global discourse and a sociological subject. Inspired by racial justice movements, there have been ...
Imagine this: A revolutionary leader stands above a large crowd to declare his nation’s independence. He proclaims, “All men are created equal. They are endowed by their creator with certain ...
Historian Spector (In the Ruins of Empire) examines in this authoritative and often enthralling account how East and Southeast Asia became “by far the most violent region of the globe” in the decade ...
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