Category: So Asia
Sri Lanka is the First Domino to Fall in the Face of a Global Debt Crisis
The South Asian country is the first to buckle under economic pressures compounded by geopolitics,…
Ram Manikkalingam on the situation in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s ruling family in fight for survival as crisis worsens: His beloved villa has…
Modi Travels to Berlin Amid India’s Neutral Position on Ukraine
From FOREIGN POLICY MORNING BRIEF: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarks today on a three-country…
Tera Jana: Khan’s Ouster (Video)
IRSHAD SALIM – Charlie and Snoopy discuss Imran Khan’s ouster ‘melancholy’ among his supporters, loyalists,…
Pakistan’s Historic Court Ruling: ‘Rome Has Spoken, the Case Is Finished!’
By Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury in Dhaka Courier: Pakistan’s impossibly debonair and incredibly urbane cricketing star…
Ethno-Populist Policies and Sri Lanka’s Economic Meltdown
By Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram: Once deemed a basic human needs success story,…
Why India Did Not Go to War With China
IRSHAD SALIM – “Because they could not,” a Pakistani defense expert says. “Militarily, China has…
Hepatitis B and the Liver Cancer Endgame
Kristina Campbell in Nature: Liver cancer is the third leading cause of cancer deaths globally —…
Transgenders Julie, Mannat and Sapna (Video)
IRSHAD SALIM — A few transgenders I had met at a markaz (marketplace) in Islamabad…
Pakistan’s Godfathers
TARIQ ALI: Over the Pakistani airwaves, sports commentators frequently groan that the national cricket team…
Pakistan Victim of U.S. Meddling to Contain China’s Rise
“Yes, I feel the change has been abetted by USA, but even they must be…
Amartya Sen on Identity, Decolonization and How to Change the World
Amartya Sen recently spoke from his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the New Statesman’s ideas editor, Gavin…