South Asian politics in the 1970s: Part – II
In the first part of this article, we looked at some of the differences and similarities in the politics of Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan from the early to mid-seventies. Here…
South Asia: on the brink again
You cannot prevent and prepare for war at the same time, counselled Einstein. But this is what India and Pakistan are doing right now. As I write this, a day…
Questioning South Asia
Coming back to Karachi is not always a pleasant experience. You come out of the airport on to Shahrah-e-Faisal, and apartment buildings on both sides of the road present the…
Korean lessons for South Asia
It’s not every day that you see history in the making. Watching the leaders of North and South Korea, locked in an existential struggle for more than six decades, take…
A South Asian trade utopia?
In April, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held informal meetings and vowed to reduce border tensions, referring to last year’s military standoff in the Doklam…
The South Asian jinx
Who has condemned South Asia to an existence of perpetual conflict and antagonism? Is our South Asian journey fated to be mired in perennial shallows and miseries? Why, despite all…
South Asian politics: coming of age?
The history of dynastic politics in South Asia is as real as it is sordid. Nations that won their independence from the British as a consequence of a political struggle…
US on South Asia
There is a lot of curiosity about how the Donald Trump administration may deal with Pakistan and the broader South Asian region. But there is too much uncertainty still for…
Integrating South Asian markets
From the book "Flying with the Winged Elephant: Niche Opportunities for Global Businesses that May Emerge in India", published by Libertas European Institut GmbH, Germany While e-commerce is big in…
Sufism: a South Asian delusion
[Oh Khusro the river of love flows in a strange way/Whoever jumps in drowns, and whoever drowns gets across] Writing at the turn of the 13th century, Amir Khusro was…
