The South Asia Channel
List of The South Asia Channel articles
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gettyimages-487080512 Pakistan’s F-16s: Finding a Fair Price
A message to Congress: Sell F-16s to Pakistan – at a steep cost.
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NEW DELHI, INDIA - FEBRUARY 18: JNU students, professors and CPI party members protest for the release of JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar, at JNU Campus on February 18, 2016 in New Delhi, India. The ripple effect of protests against the arrest of JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar on sedition charges is visible in a wave of demonstrations in educational institutions across India. Delhi's Patiala House court on Wednesday sent JNU student union leader Kanhaiya Kumar to judicial custody till March 2. JNU has been on the boil over the arrest of its student's union president Kanhaiya Kumar on sedition charges after some students organised a meet to mark the anniversaries of executions of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. (Photo by Sanjeev Verma/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) India’s Rejection of Fear
The Indian public is increasingly rejecting the politics of fear, showing a preference for openness and tolerance.
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DADU, PAKISTAN - SEPTEMBER 13: Flood victims scramble for food rations as they battle the downwash from a Pakistan Army helicopter during relief operations on September 13, 2010 in the village of Goza in Dadu district in Sindh province, Pakistan. Over six weeks after flooding began, new devastation continues across the Sindh province of Pakistan, as flood waters, still on the rise, continue to overcome new villages. The country's agricultural heartland has been devastated, with rice, corn and wheat crops destroyed by floods. Officials say as many as 22 million people have been effected during Pakistan's worst flooding in 80 years. The army and aid organisations are struggling to cope with the scope of the wide spread scale of the disaster that has killed over 1,700 people and displaced millions. The UN has described the disaster as unprecedented, with over a third of the country under water. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images) Pakistan’s Big Threat Isn’t Terrorism—It’s Climate Change
To Pakistan, terrorists seem a more formidable enemy than rising temperatures and sea levels. But what happens when climate change upends Karachi, the country's economic backbone?
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TO GO WITH India-China-SriLanka-Maldives-diplomacy,FOCUS by Claire COZENS and Amal JAYASINGHE in Colombo This photo taken on September 10, 2014 shows gantry cranes being operated at the new Chinese-majority owned Colombo International Container Terminal (CICT) in Colombo. China's president will kick off his first South Asia tour with a visit to Beijing's latest investment in Sri Lanka, a 1.4-billion USD port city development to include a marina and a Formula One track -- all just 250 kilometres (150 miles) from India's coast. AFP PHOTO / LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI (Photo credit should read LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI/AFP/Getty Images) Taking Back the Indian Ocean
India’s relaxed shipping rules could spell trouble for China's attempts to increase its influence in the Indian Ocean.
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Veiled Pakistani women choose Valentine's Day gifts at a shop in Peshawar on February 11, 2011. A number of shopping centers in Pakistan are full of gifts including cards, stuffed toys, chocolates and miscellaneous items for Valentine's Day celebrated on February 14. AFP PHOTO/ A. MAJEED (Photo credit should read A. MAJEED/AFP/Getty Images) Love and Politics: Valentine’s Day in Pakistan
On Feb. 14, liberal activists in Pakistan gathered to share a provocative message: secular or religious, Pakistanis deserve to celebrate whatever holiday they want.
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gettyimages-500559922 Kandahar’s Enforcer Fights Evil with Brutality
Through merciless tactics, General Abdul Raziq brought stability to what was once one of Afghanistan’s most lawless provinces. Will it last, and at what cost?
