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At a Crossroads: Jaishankar’s SCO Visit and the India-Pakistan Impasse

South Asian Voices - October 17, 20240

by Muhammad Faisal, Huma Rehman Pakistan-India relations are currently in a uneasy state of no peace-no war. Bilateral engagement is virtually frozen, occasionally shaken by...

Who is Lawrence Bishnoi, at center of row between India and Canada?

Nikkei Asia Review - October 17, 20240

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -- India and Canada expelled six of each other's diplomats in tit-for-tat moves after Ottawa accused Indian government agents of links to...

Myanmar and China have world’s ‘worst environment’ for internet freedom

Aljazeera News - October 17, 20240

Global internet freedom has declined for the 14th year in a row, with Myanmar and China tied for the world’s worst record, a new...

Indian Church leader hails Manipur peace talks

ucanews.com - October 17, 20240

Church leaders have hailed the maiden initiative taken by the Indian government to hold peace talks to end sectarian strife between tribal Christians and...

Tyranny to transformation in post-Hasina Bangladesh

East Asia Forum - October 16, 20240

Ahmede Hussain Bangladesh’s overthrowing of its longest-standing dictator, Sheikh Hasina, brings an end to her rule marked by human rights abuses and election rigging. In...

Timeline of tensions: How India-Canada relations soured

Aljazeera News - October 16, 20240

Video Duration 01 minutes 55 seconds By Sarah Shamim In an escalation of the ongoing diplomatic row between India and Canada over what the latter describes as a “campaign of...

Relevancy of the Meeting between Prime Ministers of Nepal and India at the United Nations

Hari Prasad Shrestha - October 17, 20240

Politics and diplomacy always do not, necessarily move only in a fixed path and direction , it becomes flexible and changes its direction based...

War on Gaza and How the US and Israel Dehumanizing Human Culture

Mahboob A. Khawaja - October 17, 20240

Today’s Humanity is Victim of Powerful Political Cults The trajectory of daily aerial bombardments, targeted killings of fellow human beings, planned destruction of human habitats...

View in browser Israel’s international support network fractures as pressure mounts

James M. Dorsey - October 17, 20240

by James M Dorsey Israel ignores at its peril the increasingly bold writing on the wall. The writing suggests Israel’s US and European diplomatic and military...

India: Stage Set Priyanka’s Entry into Lok Sabha!

Nilofar Suhrawardy - October 17, 20240

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is all set to formally mark her own entry into electoral race by contesting bypoll for Wayanad Lok Sabha seat in...

Sir Keir Starmer: Redefining Labour or Abandoning Its Values?

Bhabani Shankar Nayak - October 17, 20240

The Labour Party and its leader, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, are highly unpopular, much like the previous PM, Mr. Rishi Sunak, and his...

When Children Are Murdered, What Is There to Celebrate?

Vijay Prashad - October 16, 20240

After news broke that Han Kang—the South Korean author—had won the Nobel Prize for Literature, her father—the novelist Han Seung-won—asked her where she wanted...

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ISSN 2471-951X (online)

Eid Mubarak

April 21, 2023

Book review: The Black Coat, a novel by Neamat Imam

March 26, 2023

A Bangladeshi builds a $4b pharma in US with promises of cheap Covid treatment

November 20, 2022

Not Only in Ladakh, India Losing Ground in Bangladesh Too

June 18, 2020

Human Rights Violations in Kashmir: A Case Study of 2017

June 5, 2018

Bangladesh: An Open Letter to Foreign Minister Abdul Momen

June 6, 2020

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Founded in 2011, South Asia Journal (SAJ) is a policy magazine focused on issues relating to South Asia. Bearing no political affiliation, the journal’s goal is to provide discerning, critical perspectives on the South Asian sub-continent and its evolving relationship to the broader world. SAJ aims to highlight emerging regional trends, especially issues which call for more emphasis among decision makers and policy framers.