Bangladesh once hosted one of South Asia’s great centres of learning at Somapura Mahavihara, yet today its universities face declining standards, limited funding and structural challenges that demand ...

South Asia’s youth are emerging as a decisive political force, reshaping governance and accountability across the region. Recent Gen Z-led movement in Nepal, alongside youth-led mobilization in ...

India’s recent suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan, alongside China’s growing dominance over regional water resources and infrastructure, has heightened tensions in South Asia, one of ...

In an era when the future of area studies feels increasingly flattened into culture wars, two events demonstrated how performance can expand scholarship beyond the archive.

Already, Tarique Rahman has made clear that Bangladesh’s interests would guide foreign policy. China, India, and the United ...

Every year is eventful in South Asia. But 2025 wasn’t just turbulent; it destabilized the region structurally. This was due to the convergence of multiple shocks. Many countries in the region ...

G OVERNMENTS IN South-East Asia once feared the rise of Islamist terrorism, and acted forcefully and successfully to suppress it. These days a different transformation has been taking hold in the ...

Every piece of gold that Farzana Ghani owns holds a memory. She has intricate jewelry sets from her mother-in-law from her wedding in Pakistan; a gold chain gifted from her mother after she performed ...