On April 5, 2024, the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy hosted a lecture entitled ‘Becoming Human: Illicit Desire and Licit Caste.’ Sponsored by the Centre for South Asian Studies at the Asian […]
On April 9th, 2021, the Asian Institute at the Munk School of Global Affairs hosted “Lives of Data: Computational Cultures from India.” The second instalment in the “Political Life of Information” series, this event hosted […]
Abstract: This essay argues that certain ethno-linguistic minority groups sought the redrawing of India’s internal boundaries based on linguistic divisions so they could reap greater benefits from the country’s federalist system. Linguistic states would give […]
Abstract: This paper argues against the claim that despite plunder and exploitation, British colonialism had lasting benefits in South Asia; the assertion is incomplete and fails to account for the continuous consequences of the Partition […]
Abstract: Calls for the Lal Salaam, or “Red Salute,” have echoed across low-development regions of East India for nearly six decades now. The Naxalite-Maoist insurgency has involved sustained and violent conflict by both state and […]
The cataclysm of India’s Partition left caustic wounds that would inform and shape the patterns of international relations in the region for decades after formal independence had been achieved. The situational difficulties of India between […]
Abstract: Hindu nationalist sentiments have grown in the past few decades partly as an emergent ideology that relies on framing the idealized masculine Hindu body against the Muslim form. The Hindutva movement, especially nationalist efforts during […]
Disclaimer: Please note that the views expressed below represent the opinions of the article’s author. The following work does not necessarily represent the views of the Synergy: Journal of Contemporary Asian Studies. “It was […]
Disclaimer: Please note that the views expressed below represent the opinions of the article’s author. The following work does not necessarily represent the views of the Synergy: Journal of Contemporary Asian Studies. India and […]
Abstract: Since 2014, Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party have increasingly become defined by the Hindutva ideologies they champion. The association deepened in 2019 after Modi utilised his historic mandate to undermine some of the […]
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