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Category: South Asia

A Gentle Breeze, Secular In Nature, Passes… Away

When fundamentalism has started posing a serious threat to the global community, an immanent flame of secularism and feminist theory has been extinguished. Saba Mahmood – the Pakistan-born American anthropologist […]

Desire Aimed At Marx, Mao & Man In Nepal

In what may be seen as a step toward consolidation of communist forces, two major Left parties of Nepal – the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) or CPN-UML and […]

A Hindu Lady Senator In Pakistan!

Thirty-nine-year-old Krishna Kumari Kohli is all set to get elected as the first-ever Hindu woman senator in Pakistan, the Muslim-majority South Asian country. The ‘opposition’ Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has […]

Ocean’s Eleven?

Amidst political crisis in the Maldives, China has sent a naval fleet to the Indian Ocean, triggering a fresh tension in the region. The Chinese state media reported that at […]

Happy Days Ahead In Bangladesh!

Noted Bangladeshi writer, historian, scholar, secularist, translator and Professor at University of Dhaka Muntassir Mamoon visited the eastern Indian city of Kolkata last week to attend an event. On the […]

‘India Shows The Way’

During his February 15-17 visit to India, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani showered praises on the South Asian country for perfectly playing a leader’s role in the region. President Rouhani believes […]