Category: So Asia

Modi’s India is No Economic Miracle

Talk of Indian Prime Minister Modi’s successful economic stewardship is key to his appeal and…

How Sri Lanka Got Her Groove Back

by Aqdas Afzal at Dawn: Predictably, the economic crisis rapidly transformed into a political crisis….

Kerala: One Indian State, Four Exhilarating Ways

Scott Hocker at The Week: Kerala is a microcosm of India itself. The 360-mile-long sliver…

‘Our Rule of Law is Under Attack From Our Own Government, But the World Does Not See This’

Mike Herd, Investigations Editor, The Conversation: Here’s a story about an authoritarian leader of a…

“Dethroned: The Downfall of India’s Princely States”

Nicholas Gordan with the author John Zubrzycki: Post-independence India had a big problem–about 40% of…

Inventing Hindu Supremacy

Mihir Dalal in Aeon: To understand Narendra Modi’s India, it is instructive to grasp the…

Bangladesh Nobel Laureate Dr. Yunus

Irshad Salim from Karachi: Complying with Labor Laws–more specifically minimum wage rate and benefits is…

“India is (not) going back into the background anymore. It has arrived.”

Modi’s economy also offers a ‘real alternative’ to China Excerpt of analysis by Diksha Madhok…

Mir Taqi Mir on Poverty | میر تقی میر غربت پر

پاکستان کے نامور شاعر اور دانشور ایک مثال دیتے ہیں کہ شاعری کس طرح ایک…

Binaca Geetmala’s Golden Voice Ameen Sayani

Ameen Sayani, 91, who achieved fame and popularity all across the Subcontinent, and became a…

Pakistan Needs a Plan

Noah Smith at Noahpinion: Pakistan is a vast country of 231.4 million people. It’s one…

For India’s Millions of Farm Workers, a ‘Drone Revolution’ Looms

Fast, efficient agricultural drones are replacing laborers on Indian farms — despite the expensive price…