South Asian Monitor

India

India fast losing friends: No outreach on CAA, foreign dip...

January 3 ,2020 | By: Shubhajit Roy

More than a fortnight after the Citizenship (Amendment) Act came into force and triggered nationwide protests, there is growing unease...

CAA-NRC: Indian Muslims have broken the spell

January 3 ,2020 | By: SAM Staff

Protesters gather for a demonstration against India's citizenship law, at a rally in Kochi in southern Kerala state on January 1, 2...

Tripura to plant tea on No Man’s Land along Bangladesh bor...

January 2 ,2020 | By: Subir Bhaumik

The State-owned Tripura Tea Development Corporation (TTDC) is planning to put up tea plantations on “No-Man’s Land” a...

In 2019, India moved towards becoming a majoritarian state...

January 2 ,2020 | By: Ipsita Chakravarty

In 2019, the ugly majoritarianism that had spread in Indian politics got written into law. For some years now, Hindutva has become the...

India’s emerging fault lines

January 2 ,2020 | By: Dr Talat Shabbir

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his cohorts must have had a fair amount of idea as to what their controversial constitutional measures...

The project of erasing the indigenous history of Kashmir

January 2 ,2020 | By: Nyla Ali Khan

Furthering its project of erasing the indigenous history of Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Modi’s BJP government has dropped M...

Facebook vs Kashmir

January 2 ,2020 | By: SAM Staff

Facebook often struggles with its principles regarding freedom of speech for users versus its bottom line, which requires keeping power...

India needs to pay more attention to China border, says ne...

January 2 ,2020 | By: SAM Staff

The new Army chief Lieutenant General MM Naravane Wednesday said that India needs to pay more attention to its border along China and a...

General Manoj Mukund takes charge as new Army chief

January 1 ,2020 | By: SAM Staff

General Manoj Mukund Naravane on Tuesday took charge as the Chief of Army Staff, succeeding Gen Bipin Rawat. Gen Naravane served as vic...

The protests are not just anti-CAA, but pro-constitution

January 1 ,2020 | By: SAM Staff

The people of India have spoken up – they will not allow the constitution to be subverted. For weeks now, Indians have come out...

Indian armed forces not getting funds for vital modernisat...

January 1 ,2020 | By: Ajay Banerjee

Indian armed forces have not been getting the funds they need for modernisation and also for running expenses, training and maintenance...

Why India's citizenship law crosses the line

January 1 ,2020 | By: Akanksha Singh

Across India, people are protesting the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act, (CAA) after the bill was passed in both the co...

Indian diplomacy this year, closes on a dismal note

January 1 ,2020 | By: Indrani Bagchi

There is no more polite way of saying this: India ended 2019 on a dismal note. It isn’t every day that we get frozen out by two o...

Consensus in Washington on US-India relations fraying!

January 1 ,2020 | By: Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan

US-India relations have improved over the last two decades, partly due to the strong political consensus in Washington supporting this...

General who witnessed transformation in border relations w...

January 1 ,2020 | By: SAM Staff

Gen. Manoj Mukund Naravane took over as chief of the 1.3 million-strong Indian Army on Tuesday morning following General Bipin Rawat's...

'Won't leave': Women lead protest in India capital's Musli...

January 1 ,2020 | By: Ashish Malhotra

Women in New Delhi's Shaheen Bagh neighbourhood stand out for leading protest against 'anti-Muslim' citizenship law As Shahin Kaus...