South Asia

South Asia may have only 3 per cent of...

In similar highly tense situations in the past, both sides have been able to avoid war and work their way back to near normal conditions, and this can happen again

This piece written before India’s air strikes on its neighbour, Pakistan on May 7 remains relevant today

Four minors fell victim to the shelling while a hymn singer, tabla player, shopkeeper and homemaker were also killed and a gurdwara was also struck and suffered damage to its wall; hasty irresponsible reportage included slurring of an innocent civilian killed as a ‘terrorist’; preliminary reportage has counted the victims in Poonch alone to be 15 though numbers are expected to rise further

Generations have been raised on trauma and banality of wars and hostility; it is time to trade $72 billion defense spending for solutions to poverty, illiteracy, and healthcare deficits.

From the use of the word ‘Harijan’ alone, to the absence of acknowledgement of structural discrimination within Bangladesh (and Pakistan) the Dalit movement has a long way to go in both Islamic countries

To invite big corporate investments into the country’s agriculture sector, Pakistan has announced the building of six canals on the Indus River.

It is reassuring to see some noted Indian Muslim intellectuals and scholars including a few Ulema come out and call spade a spade.

Communalism is a sub-continental malaise and must be fought across borders

Images of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of...