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Fortnightly Notes from the South Asian Sub-Continent
Mayuri Mukherjee

Bangladesh: No justice in extrajudicial killing After a murder accused was killed in an encounter with the police earlier this month, Bangladesh’s apex court made clear that it did not approve of such ‘extrajudicial’ killings. The judges sai

July 15, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies, Commentary, Bangladesh killings, Pakistan’s debt, Death penalty in Sri Lanka
Leveraging India’s Civilisational Ethos
Mayuri Mukherjee

Less than a month after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s second swearing-in, the ongoing celebrations for the fifth iteration of the International Yoga Day1 (IYD) offer an excellent opportunity to consider how the grand narrative that he unveiled in

June 27, 2019 Historical and Civilisational Studies, Article, India’s civilisational, Idea of Indian exceptionalism
Notes from the Sub-Continent
Mayuri Mukherjee

Bangladesh: Optimistic but Unrealistic Budget?
On June 13, Bangladesh’s Awami League-government presented the country’s biggest-ever national budget, amounting to Tk 5,23,190 crore. However, most analysts and commentators seemed to agre

May 21, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies, Commentary, Bangladesh, Pakistan budgets, Sri Lanka-US agreement, Nepal’s regulating Hindu Guthis
Neighbourhood Media Watch - May 2019
Mayuri Mukherjee

Bangladesh: Desperate Migrants On May 10, a boat carrying migrants from Libya to Italy capsized in the Mediterranean. Of the 51 Bangladeshis on board, 37 drowned; bringing back painful memories of a similar tragedy in February. Over the course of

June 12, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies, Commentary, Neighbourhood media reports, India in neighbourhood news
The Sri Lanka Attacks and the Threat Within
Mayuri Mukherjee

The Easter Sunday carnage in Sri Lanka that killed more than 250 people1 last month caught many by surprise2. The island nation had been enjoying a period of relative peace and stability since the civil war came to an end with the crushing defeat of

May 21, 2019 Terrorism, National Security and Strategic Studies, Commentary, Islamic Radicalisation, Sri Lanka terror attack, IS jihadi international
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