South Asia Journal

The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh resigns 0
- Commentary, Issue 23 – Winter 2018
- November 11, 2017
The Chief Justice if the Supreme Court of Bangladesh Mr. Suredra Kumar Sinha has resigned today the 11th November. He sent a letter of resignation while he is vacationing in Australia to President Abdul Hamid which has been confirmed. The same President announced Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha is facing 11 charges, including money laundering
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Bangladesh elections and absence of democracy 0
- Commentary, Issue 23 – Winter 2018
- November 3, 2017
In Bangladesh, the Prime Minister has all the power and to grab this power; the two large parties participate in elections. One side wins; the other party goes on the run. Their leaders get hundreds of charges against them, and they are ridiculed, some get killed or abducted. The race is to grab absolute power
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Book review: No good man among the living 0
- Commentary, Issue 23 – Winter 2018, Reviews
- October 29, 2017
Since 2001, many Americans are now questioning whether it was a mistake to send our troops to Afghanistan. Almost 16 years after the September 11 attacks on the twin towers in New York City , we are conflicted about what we are doing in Afghanistan. Americans are getting tired of the war that is
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Security Council Meeting on Myanmar Crisis 0
- Events
- September 28, 2017
Remarks by H.E. Mr. António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General, during the 8060th Security Council Meeting Bangladesh representative at Security Council: The situation in Myanmar (8060th meeting)
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Book review: Aparna Pande, From Chanakya to Modi: Evolution of India’s Foreign Policy, Harper Collins, July 2017 0
- Commentary, Issue 22 - Fall 2017
- September 12, 2017
Aparna Pande’s “From Chanakya to Modi” leads one to a deeper understanding of Indian foreign policy with civilizational roots, traversing through two imperial administrations of foreign origin. Both Mughal and British rulers were a continuous phenomenon for an extended period that left a significant imprint in India’s present outlook. A coherent foreign policy cannot
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Book review; Aurangzeb: The life and legacy of India’s most controversial king 0
- Blog, Issue 21 – Summer 2017
- June 17, 2017
“Aurangzeb:The life and legacy of India’s most controversial king ,” written by Historian Audrey Truschke takes a fresh look at the controversial Mughal emperor. Truschke, an assistant professor of South Asian history at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey and an avid follower of Mughal history, attempted to undo the demonization of the Mughal emperor
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In the name of Holy Cow, with the blessings of the BJP 0
- Blog
- April 10, 2017
By Sam 9th April 2017 The Gau Rakshak Clan Gaumata, Gau raksha, beef ban… In the 70 years since independence, never has the country been so obsessed with all things bovine than it is today with BJP in power. From banning the sale of beef in some states to cow cess in others, the humble
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Burma: Rohingya Are Being Destroyed, ‘Full Security And Protection’ Most Urgent 0
- Blog
- November 16, 2016
Arakan Rohingya National Organisation strongly condemns the mass killing and torture murder, rape, plundering and wholesome destruction of Rohingya people and their properties, homes and villages in Northern Arakan since 9 October. From November 12, the Myanmar armed forces have intensified combined military and police crackdown on the ordinary Rohingya villagers using helicopter gunships, tanks
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‘A cure far worse than the disease’: Sri Lanka’s new draft counter terrorism law 0
- Blog
- October 20, 2016
Over the weekend, a draft framework copy of the ‘Counter Terrorism Act’ (CTA) – the legislation intended to replace the draconian ‘Prevention of Terrorism Act’ (PTA) – was leaked to the press. The contents of the text, available here, are deeply disturbing. As it currently stands, the PTA enables arbitrary arrest and long periods of
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Senator Bob Casey Honored, Richard Verma speaks at South Asia Journal Inaugural Dinner 0
- Issue 8 - Spring 2013, Issues
- May 29, 2013
Wednesday April 24th, WASHINGTON, D.C. buy generic propecia online A DIVERSE coterie of journalists, academics, and policy professionals, including two Congressmen, two current Ambassadors, three former United States Ambassadors, and one US Senator, convened at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel in Washington D.C., to celebrate the first inaugural dinner of the South Asia Journal. The Publisher
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Senator Bob Casey, Richard Verma Among High Profile Attendees at South Asia Journal Inaugural Dinner in DC 0
- Events
- October 22, 2012
Wednesday April 24th, WASHINGTON, D.C. – A DIVERSE coterie of journalists, academics, and policy professionals, including two Congressmen, two current Ambassadors, three former United States Ambassadors, and one US Senator, convened at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel in Washington D.C., to celebrate the first inaugural dinner of the South Asia Journal. The Publisher of the magazine
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De-limitation of the Bangladesh-Myanmar Maritime Border 0
- Issue 5 - July 2012, Issues
- October 2, 2012
Bangladesh instituted arbitral proceedings against Myanmar under Annex VII of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in October 2009 in order to secure a maritime delimitation with Myanmar for its territorial sea, exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and continental shelf. Bangladesh filed the case both against India and Myanmar as it
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Urdu Literature Culture: Vernacular Modernity in the Writing of Muhammad Hasan Askari 0
- Reviews
- October 2, 2012
The series “Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World” edited by Professor Hamid Dabashi of Columbia University and published by Palgrave Macmillan, promises to ‘put forward a critical body of first rate scholarship on the literary and cultural production of the Islamic world, from the vantage point of contemporary theoretical and hermeneutic perspectives without the
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Understanding Security Practices in South Asia 0
- Reviews
- October 2, 2012
Monika Barthwal-Datta is a research fellow at the Centre for International Security Studies at the University of Sydney. Understanding Security Practices in South Asia: Securitization Theory and the Role of Non-State Actors weighs in at almost 200 pages, including a 40-page bibliography and more than 48 pages of extensive chapter endnotes. Ms. Barthwal-Datta’s work is
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