South Africa’s first non-white woman High Court judge, Navi Pillay, has championed human rights, fought discrimination, and helped establish legal recognition of sexual violence as an act of genocide.

The arrest of a Tamil Nadu granite tycoon has exposed a sordid tale of how a serial paedophile exploited political patronage for decades until finally exposed by a persistent POCSO judge.

Cricket made Sobers a Caribbean icon, but it cannot contain the region’s history. Through film, Horace Ové, Michelle Mohabeer, and Rupert Roopnaraine studied indentureship, exile, and colonial rule, portraying the struggles behind the postcard image.

For a novel centred on the Great Irish Famine of Ireland, Maggie O’Farrell’s Land is surprisingly insulated from pain.  

While Pakistan has positioned itself as a global peacemaker, its internal political strife and the regular clashes in Balochistan and with the Afghan Taliban expose its strategic vulnerabilities.