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Communal hatred and censorship amid India - Pakistan attacks – Southasia Weekly #65

This week in Himal We’re just four new Patrons short of our halfway target of 19 in our 38 Patrons for 38 years campaign to mark the 38th anniversary

By Raisa Wickrematunge

/ 14 May 2025

Cartoon of two vultures India and Pakistan looking on as Kashmir cries, drawn to highlight communal hate after the Pahalgam a

Who is counting India's heat deaths? – Southasia Weekly #62

This week in Himal This week, Jeff Joseph writes that ineffective advisories and the undercounting of heat-related deaths leaves millions of Indians vulnerable to extreme heat and the climate crisis.

By Raisa Wickrematunge

/ 21 Apr 2025

A fraught new frontier in Bangladesh–Pakistan relations

Bangladesh’s relationship with Pakistan has become markedly more friendly since the fall of Sheikh Hasina, even as anti-India sentiment has reached an all-time high in the country

By Cyrus Naji

/ 14 Jan 2025

Muhammad Yunus (left) shakes hands with Shehbaz Sharif (right) amid a group of officials at a reception in New York in Septem

India’s warped narrative of an “anti-Hindu” Bangladesh imperils its own future standing

India risks permanent damage to its relationship with Bangladesh with a narrative of uncontrolled communal violence after Sheikh Hasina’s fall, ignoring Hasina’s weaponisation of the Hindu minority and how post-revolution violence has been driven more by political reasons

By Zia Hassan

/ 20 Dec 2024

A group of Hindu protesters wearing red, carrying torches and placards, protesting anti-Hindu violence in Bangladesh

Why New Delhi backed Sheikh Hasina – and botched its Bangladesh policy

With the collapse of India-backed authoritarianism in Bangladesh – and Myanmar too – ‘India’s Near East: A New History’ reads like a testament to the failure of New Delhi’s policy on its eastern flank

By Cyrus Naji

/ 24 Sep 2024

Student activists at Dhaka University mark one month since the fall of Sheikh Hasina. ‘India’s Near East: A New History’ take

An India Out campaign gives the beleaguered Bangladesh Nationalist Party a chance at resurgence

For Bangladesh’s main opposition party, the campaign against India’s hegemony might be the only card left to play against the ruling Awami League

By Anupam Debashis Roy

/ 5 Jun 2024

An India Out campaign gives the beleaguered Bangladesh Nationalist Party a chance at resurgence

Bangladesh is vexed by and wary of Modi’s unstinting support to Sheikh Hasina

After a decade of Modi’s reign in India, people in Bangladesh are angry at their government cosying up to a Hindutva regime in New Delhi and tired of India’s influence in their domestic matters

By Kamal Ahmed

/ 15 May 2024

Bangladesh is vexed by and wary of Modi’s unstinting support to Sheikh Hasina

Interview: Bangladesh’s one-sided parliamentary elections and the crackdown on political opposition

Anupam Debashis Roy discusses the upcoming election where the Awami League is expected to dominate, despite the Bangladesh Nationalist Party's large rallies calling for a caretaker government for fair elections

By The Editors

/ 18 Dec 2023

Interview: Bangladesh’s one-sided parliamentary elections and the crackdown on political opposition

Digital surveillance of Indian opposition, Nawaz Sharif’s return, Muizzu’s deadline to Indian troops and more

November 2023 - Updates and analysis from around the region

By The Editors

/ 5 Nov 2023

Digital surveillance of Indian opposition, Nawaz Sharif’s return, Muizzu’s deadline to Indian troops and more

Sexual violence in Manipur, protests and repression in Bangladesh, Modi’s Paris visit and more

July - Updates and analysis from around the region

By The Editors

/ 26 Jul 2023

Sexual violence in Manipur, protests and repression in Bangladesh, Modi’s Paris visit and more

Bangladesh’s BNP fights to make a political comeback

With massive anti-government rallies by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and their repression by the ruling Awami League-led government, battle lines are being drawn for the next general election

By Anupam Debashis Roy

/ 2 Feb 2023

Bangladesh’s BNP fights to make a political comeback

The election-commission conundrum

Is the newly formed Election Commission in Bangladesh up for the daunting task ahead?

By Anupam Debashis Roy

/ 28 Apr 2022