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Amar Diwakar

Amar Diwakar is an independent writer and researcher. He has written for Al Jazeera English, The Boston Globe, In These Times, and other publications. He blogs at Splintered Eye.

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March 23, 2018
Amar Diwakar
Saffron Curtain: How Buddhism Was Weaponized During the Cold War
The U.S. tried to foment an anti-communist Buddhist bloc in Southeast Asia—with deadly consequences for the region’s politics today.
September 19, 2017
Amar Diwakar
India’s Murderous Turn From Democracy
What the killing of journalist Gauri Lankesh tells us about dissent in the Narendra Modi era.
July 26, 2017
Amar Diwakar
How “Cow Vigilantes” Launched India’s Lynching Epidemic
Narendra Modi is presiding over a new, bloody politics surrounding the consumption of beef—one that could destroy the soul of Indian democracy.

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