Bangladesh: Escape to the supposed safe land couldn’t end Rohingya sufferings; it only reduced them a little

Bangladesh: UK Labour Party’s Awami League problem 0
- Commentary
- January 11, 2021
How the Awami League helped Tulip Siddiq MP win the last UK election. David Bergman January 11, 2021 Tulip Siddiq, Labour MP for Hampstead and Kilburn, speaks at a rally. In the last three general elections, particularly the most recent one in December 2019, the UK Awami League have provided significant campaigning support and
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Not less than death-dealing: Myanmar’s toxic jade trade 0
- Commentary
- January 10, 2021
by Shailee Mishra and Akanksh Deekonda 10 January 2021 Introduction: Nature is the most beautiful thing that God has ever created. It runs on the ecological balance to maintain its integrity and sustainability. Through time, development, resources, and technology, the activities of humans have constantly depleted Nature and have resulted in today what we
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BETWEEN INDIA AND NEPAL: THE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC RIGHTS REGIME ACROSS BOTH THE COUNTRIES 0
- Commentary
- January 10, 2021
Prime Minister of Nepal, Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana and Indian Ambassador to Nepal, Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh signing the treaty, 31 July 1950. by Viraaj Gaur and Laabhesh Thapa 10 January 2021 After long deliberation, the new constitution of Nepal was promulgated on 20th September 2015. The emphasis on drafting
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Sri Lanka: Wanted-A Credible Ally for the West 0
- Commentary
- January 9, 2021
by N Sathiya Moorthy January 2021 Going by Media reports and related analyses and speculation, western sponsors of the UNHRC resolution on war crimes probe and reconciliation at the UNHRC in March, is there someone who is in Sri Lanka that could convincingly carry the weight of their masses, to target the Sri Lankan State,
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India: Manufactured Images and Modi! 0
- Commentary
- January 9, 2021
by Nilofar Suhrawardy 9 January 2021 Of late, Prime Minister Narendra Modi isn’t giving much importance to political rhetoric he played upon, not too long ago, that is his “56-inch” chest. Clearly, he is well aware that this may not help turn the political tide in his party’s favor in forthcoming assembly elections. There
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Last chapter of an enfeebled democracy?0
- Commentary
- January 9, 2021
by William Milam January 8, 2021 I began writing this on Tuesday, the day that the two runoff elections for the two senate seats in Georgia were being held, and a day before President Trump’s latest, and probably final, assault on our democracy takes place. On Wednesday, Trump’s disciples in Congress will challenge the already-certified
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Normalisation of “Hindutva Shock Therapy” for the Consolidation of Capitalism in India 0
- Commentary
- January 8, 2021
by Bhabani Shankar Nayak 8 January 2021 The rise of neoliberal marginalisation combined with social and economic marginalisation under a Brahminical structure and its caste-based hierarchical social order has laid the foundation for ‘Hindutva’ political, social, cultural, and economic projects. The resurgence of neoliberalism from the 1980s led to the acceleration of further marginalisation
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Nepal: A failed democracy: Is monarchy the answer?0
- Commentary
- January 6, 2021
by Bisheh Joshi and Laabhesh Thapa 6 January 2021 The transition from Monarchy to Democracy has been the zeitgeist of the late 19th and 20th Centuries. Those democracies slowly evolved to partial dictatorships. However, it is rare to see a transition from the Social Contractarian idea of “Self-Rule” by, of, and for the people to
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Book Review: Voting in a Hybrid Regime – Explaining the 2018 Bangladeshi Election 0
- Commentary, Reviews
- January 5, 2021
Book Review Voting in a Hybrid Regime Explaining the 2018 Bangladeshi Election by Ali Riaz (2019); Palgrave Macmillan; p. 109 Hardcover $ 25.90 ISBN-13: 978-9811379581 ISBN-10: 9811379580 by Md. Akmal Hossain 5 January 2021 Bangladesh, since its independence, has come across different types of government systems. From a parliamentary to a presidential system, and
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United States Tibetan Policy and Support Act of 2020-A critical Analysis 0
- Commentary
- January 5, 2021
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama at his enthronement ceremony, February 22, 1940, in Lhasa, Tibet. Photo courtesy of Tibet Museum by Dr. Adfer Shah 4 January 2020 While he is leaving the white house soon, Donald Trumps’ last blow to China is his signing the legislation
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Reason for being; spiritual journey of a South-Asian immigrant 0
- Commentary
- January 3, 2021
“ I was waking up each day, dreading what would go wrong.” When I was growing up, it never occurred to me to contemplate why I was alive, my real purpose, or what I was truly passionate about. Most young people don’t think about it: they are either too busy trying to excel in academics
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Year-end review: Emerging Challenges for South Asia 0
- Commentary, Featured
- January 3, 2021
by Rajesh Kumar Sinha 3 January 2020 The year 2020 has just ended. The year has been extremely calamitous for the whole world. Especially, the pandemic Corona Virus has created such an unfortunate state where economies, infrastructure, loss of lakhs of lives, job losses, and uncertainty has gripped the whole of humanity.
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Where there’s a will, there’s a way: Story of a change making library made of tin sheets in Assam 0
- Commentary
- December 31, 2020
by Suhail Mohammed 31 December 2020 A library in Majidbhita, a char or a riverine island in the western Assam is creating slow but steady changes among the adjoining villages in the district. The riverine Majidbhita sits on the Beki River, which is a tributary of the ‘ever-growing’ Brahmaputra river in the state
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India’s Rapid Space Militarization and Options for Pakistan 0
- Commentary
- December 31, 2020
By Ahyousha Khan 31 December 2020 The Outer Space had become the object of human fascination for civilian and military use during the Cold War. In recent years, significant scientific progress has occurred in space programs. This has led to the utilization of space for various scientific domains that have civilian and military
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