Category: So Asia
How Did Mughal Emperor Humayun Die? The True Story Revealed After Years
From Samaa TV: Humayun was the 2nd Mughal Emperor. His predecessor was Babur, and successor,…
“Phuddu Khata”
Shared by Hasham Siddiqui, Pakistan: Only for those who are interested in history. The word…
Susannah’s Grandad Ran Bengal When Famine Killed Millions
Kavita Puri at the BBC: “I feel enormous shame about what happened,” Susannah Herbert tells…
American Cricket Found a Star. He’s a Silicon Valley Tech Worker.
Pranshu Verma in The Washington Post: Saurabh Netravalkar finds it hard to log off Slack. But…
Deepfake Politicians May Have a Big Influence on India’s Elections
Jeremy Hsu in New Scientist: Artificial intelligence is enabling India’s politicians to be everywhere at…
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…