South Asia Journal

COMMENTARY

How the US aid is Significant for in the Political sphere?

Dr. Smit Gupta - July 24, 20250

On January 24, 2025, Representative Rashida Tlaib, a Democratic Congresswoman from Michigan, called for conditioning — if not outright banning — U.S. military aid...

What Is Happening in Myanmar?

Kay Young Young - July 24, 20250

Since the 2021 coup, Myanmar’s civil war has escalated into its most violent phase in decades, the scale of the conflict is bewildering. Between 60-200...

Indo-US strategic relationship Taking a Downturn under Trump Administration 2.0

Dr. Manoj Kumar Mishra - July 23, 20250

Last few months witnessed concerns being expressed from certain quarters in India over the reports of US President Donald Trump’s claim that it is...

Hindutva Politics and Creeping Ascent of Violence Against Women in Odisha

Bhabani Shankar Nayak - July 23, 20250

A female student and leading member of the BJP’s student wing, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), at Fakir Mohan Autonomous College in Balasore...

Dr. Muhammad Yunus’ Vision of Higher Education: Grameen University as a Model of Social Change

Dr. Serajul I. Bhuiyan - July 22, 20250

Redefining Education as an Instrument of Change "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." — Nelson Mandela. In a world marked by rising inequality, youth...

The Rule Based Order and Indus Water Treaty

Ameer Zaman - July 22, 20250

India’s decision to place the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) “in abeyance” marks a disturbing departure from one of South Asia’s most enduring peace mechanisms....

Falsehoods in Conflict: Disinformation in India-Pakistan Crises and Lessons for the Future

South Asian Voices - July 24, 20250

by Roshni Kapur, Diotima Chattoraj On May 7, 2025, a student at Jamia Millia Islamia University in New Delhi panicked upon seeing televised reports claiming a Pakistani...

Trump and Modi’s shared blueprint for concentrating power and repressing dissent

The Lowy Institute - July 24, 20250

AARTI BETIGERI How does a democracy transform into an oligarchy or an authoritarian regime? The accepted wisdom is that it’s the salami strategy, slice by...

Pakistan-India relations

dawn.com - July 24, 20250

Ashraf Jehangir Qazi THE current state of India-Pakistan relations determines the possibilities for dialogue, sustaining such dialogue, and a positive outcome of dialogue. The prospect on...

Church leaders return with ‘broken hearts’ after rare visit to Gaza

British Broadcasting Corporation - July 24, 20250

Getty Images Yolande Knell Church leaders in Jerusalem say they have returned from a trip to Gaza with "broken hearts", describing starving people and children not...

Assam constable’s son among nine detained in Gurugram on suspicion of being ‘illegal Bangladeshis’

Scroll.in - July 23, 20250

An Assam Police constable has said that his son is among the nine Muslims of Bengali origin who have been detained in Gurugram since...

Bangladesh sees small glimmers of economic hope a year after longtime autocrat ousted in people’s revolt

The Conversation - July 23, 20250

Jo Adetunji Editor, The Conversation UK By the time a student-led protest movement erupted into a full-scale revolution in Bangladesh in July 2024, the country’s economy was...

ISSN 2471-9501 (print)

ISSN 2471-951X (online)

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.