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South Asia

Global narratives on the Indian stage

The 55th International Film Festival of India, popularly known as IFFI, ended on 28 November. India’s own film festival had been exhaustive and exploratory this year, with many new, innovative things for cine goers from across the world.

On the brink

The recent surge of violence against cultural minorities in Bangladesh is alarming, yet it reflects a broader pattern observed throughout the South Asian region.

‘A continent divided’

In 1969 WH Auden, the celebrated British poet published ‘Partition’, a poem which is a tragic reminder of when riots, rapes, atrocities, massacres and savagery raise high the bar of inhumanity in our land

Securing Ties

India’s strategic interests in South Asia have always been intricately linked with its relationship with Bangladesh. Over the past 15 years, the India-Bangladesh partnership flourished under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s leadership.

Three missteps that cost Hasina dear

Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year rule ended on 5 August when she left her country for temporary refuge in India. The progeny of Bangladesh’s founding patriarch Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, she was once heralded as a transformative figure whose leadership ushered in an era of unprecedented economic prosperity for her nation.

Democratic crises in S Asian discourse

The Fragile State Index has highlighted South Asia as a politically unstable region with the maximum number of failed states and acute political instability.