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
In the Modi years, India’s Hindu Right has achieved the near-complete subjugation of Indian-administered Kashmir, with the revocation of Article 370, increased militarisation and suspension of elections
Lukewarm coverage of the climate crisis in the Indian media fails to communicate safety measures against extreme heat-related risks this election season
New Delhi has earned goodwill in Colombo, but the end of Indian pluralism can embolden Sinhala extremists while Katchatheevu and fishing conflicts risk inflaming nationalist passions
Kathmandu and New Delhi are expanding the bilateral relationship with a mega hydropower deal, but unless border disputes and other irritants are resolved these may determine the relationship’s future
Pulapre Balakrishnan’s ‘India’s Economy from Nehru to Modi’ offers a valuable account of India’s economic history but neglects the social and political elements inseparable from it
India’s ruling BJP claims to have overcome the “tyranny of distance” that has plagued the Northeast but its politics have created greater division within the region, as the Manipur crisis shows
Mired in economic and internal crises, Pakistan is primed for normalisation and trade with India – but Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government, beholden to anti-Muslim politics, is failing to seize the chance
A special series on what Narendra Modi’s decade in power has meant for Southasia, with perspectives from neighbouring countries as well as Indian territories beyond the BJP’s power base
New books by the imprisoned founding editor of NewsClick trace his personal and political journey across two grim periods, and weave in insightful critique of science and technology
Many in Southasia earlier saw Indian secularism as an example for their own countries – but Narendra Modi’s mixing of Hinduism and politics has crushed India’s singular standing
