Friday, March 10, 2017
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Subir Bhaumik

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SOUTHERN EYE: Modi’s move backfires in Assam

(Exclusive): Prime Minister Narendra Modi's move to grant citizenship to Hindus from Bangladesh even those came after 1971 has backfired in Assam. The amendment to...

SOUTHERN EYE: Payback Time For India

(Exclusive): The Mughals and the British realized it would never be easy to manage Bengalis – much as the Afghans. Fiercely independent, argumentative, proud...

Keener on arms from China, Bangladesh dithers on defence pact with...

After several postponements, the prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina Wajed, has finally agreed to visit India in April but her government is reluctant...

Tackling the Dragon

China and its growing influence in South Asia was the focus of India's top diplomat Subrahmanyam Jaishankar's  three-nation tour (Feb. 18-24). The Indian foreign secretary...

SOUTHERN EYE: If SAARC has not, will BBIN and BIMSTEC work...

(Exclusive): The boycott of the SAARC Summit at Islamabad last year and hosting of the BRICS-BIMSTEC summit in Goa drove home the failure of...

SOUTHERN EYE:Time to rework Sino-Indian relations

(Exclusive) There can be no ‘Asian Century’ unless China and India patch up differences, harmonise their geo-political and geo-economic visions and come up with...

SOUTHERN EYE: Wasted Years for Growth

(Exclusive) India’s 2017-18 budget has left behind a trail of controversies, even one as basic as its timing. Many have said the government should have...

Turmoil in India’s Northeast again as Nagaland erupts

Violent protests have forced the government in India’s Nagaland state to cancel elections to ten town councils in an unprecedented gesture to placate angry...

SOUTHERN EYE: Whither Act East!

(SouthAsianMonitor Exclusive): Deepa Karmakar, India's best ever international gymnast who barely missed an Olympic medal at Rio, has a major problem -- her autograph seekers...

SOUTHERN EYE: Delhi howls, states woo Chinese investments

(SouthAsianMonitor Exclusive): Indian states, in perpetual competition to woo investments, have not gone slow in trying to attract Chinese investment. This despite the often...

SOUTHERN EYE: Back to Insurgent Crossfire!

(SouthAsianMonitor Exclusive):From atop the Red Fort on Indian Independence Day last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his speech to the nation strongly raised...

SOUTHERN EYE: What Trump means for Asia

(SouthAsianMonitor Exclusive): US president-elect Donald Trump has sounded very business-like in talking about relations with close allies, including those in Asia. They should pay more...

SOUTHERN EYE: Caught in a Nut-cracker

(SouthAsianMonitor Exclusive): For sovereign nations, denied the benefit of huge size and abundant resources, diplomatic autonomy is a valuable asset. When they have just one...