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Politics
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 By Chaminda Jayanetti
Every Saturday, on one of the main roads leading off London’s famous Trafalgar Square, locals and tourists briefly stop to watch a group of protesters singing, dancing and chanting outside the Zimbabwean Embassy. This is the Zimbabwe Vigil coalition, which has been holding demonstrations against President Robert Mugabe’s brutal dictatorship since October 2002.
Meanwhile, across the world, protests are taking place today against Iran’s cruel theocracy, which has used murder, rape, torture and imprisonment in an unsuccessful attempt to crush the pro-democracy ‘Green’ movement.
Zimbabwe and Iran. Two countries whose names have become international bywords for brutality and oppression. What their people wouldn’t give to be freed from the autocrats whose iron fists loom over them – many of them have already given their lives, more still their livelihoods.
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Society
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By Priyal Sanghavi
Just hours before the film's scheduled release, Mumbai's multiplex owners are still debating whether they wil show My Name Is Khan after receiving fresh threats via phone calls. They have been in a meeting which will decide the fate of the movie.
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Society
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As French President Nicolas Sarkozy attempts to drive through a ban on the niqab and burqa, Laurie Penny describes how the Islamic veil has become yet another item of women’s clothing for men to fight over for their own ends.
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Politics
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 By Dimi Reider
This is huge. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced recently that as part of a coalition agreement with the right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu party, his government would promote a bill allowing Israeli citizens abroad to vote in the general elections.
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Pakistan Blog
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By Faisal Shakeel
Karachi’s reputation as a relatively safe city was shattered again as terrorists detonated two bombs and wreaked havoc on the conclusion of Ashura, a religious event observed by the Shias. A little over a month back another Ashura procession was bombed in the same city in an apparent attempt to fan sectarian violence.
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Two British Muslim terror convicts, senior anti-terror cop Sir Norman Bettison and Anwar from The Samosa featured in Generation Jihad, a documentary on the radicalisation of young British Muslims shown on BBC2 on Monday night. Catch it on BBC's iPlayer here until 1st March.
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Society
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This year’s general election will see the British National Party try and exploit divided communities in towns and cities across the country. Charlie Baker, who has worked for regeneration cooperative URBED in cities across northern England, looks at the causes of prejudice and segregation in Britain’s racial hotspots.
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Politics
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 By Dr Nafeez Ahmed
Former assistant director of FBI’s counter-terrorism division Dale Watson; former Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf; current Pakistani President Asif Zardari; Afghan President Hamid Karzai; the late Benazir Bhutto; Israeli intelligence sources; Pakistani and Afghan sources, including Taliban leaders – all have reported Osama bin Laden to be “probably dead” since December 2001.
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Arts
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By Stephanie King
 Colouring of Pigeons takes its name from Charles Darwin’s pivotal ornithological studies following his return from his voyage on the Beagle. It’s the stand-out track on Tomorrow in a Year, The Knife’s collaborative electro-opera based on Darwin’s life. The album is an admirable failure but Colouring of Pigeons is one of the most extraordinary, curious and ambitious tracks you’ll hear this year.
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Society
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By Priyal Sanghavi
While those few who have seen My Name is Khan are raving about it, the citizens of Mumbai are still unsure whether they will be able to watch Shah Rukh Khan’s latest when it releases tomorrow. Shiv Sena have backflipped again - having first backtracked on a previous threat to stop the film showing, they’ve now gone all out to ban MNIK in Mumbai.
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Politics
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By Priyal Sanghavi
Freedom of speech in India has always been a tricky issue. The law gives this right to everyone, but books, plays, movies and other forms of expression have been banned or censored. Popular figures are not spared either. If someone makes a statement which is borderline controversial, he can rest assured there’ll be a backlash - even if is the Badshah of Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan.
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Arts
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Anwar Akhtar visits the Whitechapel Gallery's Where Three Dreams Cross exhibition of photography from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, and finds it says a lot not only about those countries, but also about Britain today.
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Arts
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By Stephanie King
Crashing into being with a punky surf drum intro that sounds like it should have Joey Ramone yelping “Hey Ho! Let’s Go!” over it, Golden Girls’s Amateur Teen Sex Attics is the kind of noisy, anarchic, fast pop-punk that gets played over compilation videos of boys wiping out on their skateboards.
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