Category: So Asia

‘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…

How Asia Can Unlock $800 Billion of Climate Financing

A survey of 19 countries in Asia revealed important gaps in data, disclosures, and taxonomies,…

Not Just an Object: Decolonizing Southasian Art in Berlin

A small, intricately carved ivory box from Sri Lanka was one of the highlights of…

Nalanda: How the world’s oldest university was lost for 800 years

Nalanda, a renowned Buddhist university was located in Bihar (ancient Magadha). Considered by historians to…