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In South Asia

From CLCWeb, a special issue on new work in comparative Indian literatures and cultures. From Frontline, in addition to the loss of human lives and property, the near-fatal blows on cultures mark Partition's distinctively hideous features (and part 2). From LRB, why Partition? Perry Anderson wants to know (and part 2). Morgan Meis on Dawkins vs. Sri Lanka, and silence wins. The perils of nation rebuilding: Jacob Heilbrunn on Sesame Street and the corruption of Pakistan. Why are India and Pakistan sacrificing hundreds of soldiers' lives over an uninhabitable icy wasteland? Borders are so yesterday: It’s time to open the doors of our borders — it’s possible, this dream sequence of hope. Buddhists Behaving Badly: William McGowan on what zealotry is doing to Sri Lanka. Navsharan Singh and Urvashi Butalia on challenging impunity on sexual violence in South Asia. Who is pulling the xenophobic strings in Pakistan? Despite increasing recognition, it is hard to correct India’s image in the domain of global cinema. What we talk about when we talk about Sri Lanka: How do Sri Lankan writers recreate their country in their fiction? A review of Anatol Lieven’s Pakistan: A Hard Country.