South Asia Journal

COMMENTARY

Bangladesh at the Turning Point: A National Awakening Under Interim Leadership

Dr. Serajul I. Bhuiyan - July 20, 20250

A Nation Poised for Renewal "Amid chaos, there is also opportunity." — Sun Tzu. There come times in a nation's life when time itself appears to...

An Evening with Chinese Comrades in London

Bhabani Shankar Nayak - July 20, 20250

As dusk settled over the cloudy British sky above London, summer humidity lingered in the air, clinging to the busy streets and concrete jungle...

The Resolution Kashmiris Wanted

Sudhanshu Roy - July 19, 20250

Every year on July 19, Kashmiris around the globe solemnly observe “Accession to Pakistan Day,” not just to commemorate a historic political resolution, but...

My Enemy’s Enemy is Often My Friend

Saniya Khan - July 19, 20250

A recent revelation by former Afghan General Sami Sadat has reignited serious concerns about a covert and dangerous alliance forming in Pakistan's neighborhood. General...

Changing Tools of India’s Soft Power

Dr. Manoj Kumar Mishra - July 19, 20250

Power, as defined in International Politics, implies the ability of a state to shape perceptions and behaviour of other states according to its own...

Is ULFA Separatist Still a Threat to Northeast India’s Sovereignty?

Saleem Samad - July 18, 20250

The United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA), once the fiercest militants, had caused havoc in Assam, in Northeast India bordering Bangladesh. In the 1980s...

Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party rallies for fair elections

Aljazeera News - July 20, 20250

Hundreds of thousands of supporters of Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party took part in a rally in the capital, Dhaka, demanding an overhaul of the...

BRICS currency creates dilemma for the dollar

China Daily - July 20, 20250

YIN YIYUAN/FOR CHINA DAILY The term "BRICS currency" typically refers to a hypothetical or proposed unified currency for the BRICS grouping. It's not a single,...

Mughal-era engineering emerges as two arches of Barapullah drain bridge cleared of garbage

Hindustan Times - July 20, 20250

The clean-up followed a Delhi high court order on May 9 this year, directing action against encroachments along the Barapullah drain Buried under decades of...

National Chamber of Exporters welcomes new US tariff move

SAJ Dev - July 20, 20250

The National Chamber of Exporters (NCE) of Sri Lanka in a statement said it welcomes the recent revision of US tariff rates on Sri...

US tariffs will crush lives and livelihoods in Bangladesh, Cambodia garment industries

Scroll.in - July 19, 20250

Anton L Delgado, Thomson Reuters Foundation & Md Tahmid Zami, Thomson Reuters Foundation Across Asia, unions and industry groups are raising alarms over the impact of higher tariffs by...

Risks and rewards of Beijing’s BRI

SAJ Dev - July 19, 20250

Thailand may play a pivotal role in advancing China's vision of regional connectivity through the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), but scholars caution that...

ISSN 2471-9501 (print)

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

ABOUT US

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.