Category: So Asia
India’s Ongoing Subjugation of Kashmir Holds Portentous Lessons About the Nature of Contemporary Colonialism
Hafsa Kanjwali in Aeon: India is a postcolonial power. Its rule in Kashmir is colonial.
About the Himalayan Mountain Series
The Himalayan mountain range extends to 6 Asian countries namely: Nepal, India, Bhutan, Kashmir, China and Pakistan.
Pakistan’s Blackest Day
Not even the fall of Dhaka in December 1971 can begin to compare with the scale of national humiliation involved.
India is a Postcolonial Power. Its Rule in Kashmir is Colonial.
India’s ongoing subjugation of Kashmir holds portentous lessons about the nature of contemporary colonialism.
Beef in ‘Laddus’ and the Baffling Silence of Cow Vigilantes
by Dr Syed Ali Mujtaba at Clarion India: THE Hindus were shocked to learn recently…
How the Violence of Partition Forged National Identity in South Asia
Joya Chatterji at Literary Hub: I was seven years old during the 1971 war between…
Security Expert ANM Muniruzzaman: Bangladesh is Amid a Serious Security Threat
“It is important to realize that any country goes through a period of unrest, to an extent, in a post-revolution period.”
The Issue of Youth Unemployment and Underemployment is By No Means Exclusive to Bangladesh
Anna Barford at The Conversation: Jobs, of which 30% were reserved for independence war veterans…
Does Hasina’s Exit Mark the End of Bangladesh’s Political Dynasties?
For the moment, there may be an opportunity for Bangladesh to have fresh voices and faces in politics emerging from the student movement.
Tejas Parasher on M.N. Roy and Parliamentary Democracy in Modern India
From the Journal of the History of Ideas: Tejas Parasher is Assistant Professor of Political…
“Bangla Spring”
Just as the Arab Spring soon became what Harvard Law School’s Noah Feldman called an Arab Winter, Bangladesh’s democratic renewal could be smothered in its crib.
“Hasina Wajid’s Blunders are Similar to What’s Happening in Pakistan Now”
by Shams Zaheer Abbas @ FOCUUS: Hasina Wajid (HW) cannot be compared with Nawaz Sharif…