US scholars tell Obama administration
Introduction:
Nine scholars of South Asia met at New York University’s Institute of Public Knowledge in March, to discuss the politics of knowledge concerning South Asia as it connects academic and policy work in the US. They represented a range of social science, humanities and scientific disciplines, and their research focused on [...]

Kashmir and India
An appraisal:  Dr. Suvesh Purkayastha
Kashmir is an inalienable element of India’s identity
This essay in fact was triggered by an article titled ‘Beginning of democratic process in Kashmir’ by Dr Nyla Ali Khan of Nebraska University, published in the February 2009 issue of Confluence. Whilst the article’s objective, given the title, was to provide [...]

The 2009 Asia House Festival of Asian Literature will take place from 11-22 May at Asia House in Marylebone, Central London. The only Festival in Britain dedicated to writing about Asia, The Asia House Festival of Asian Literature celebrates the newest and best of writing across a broad spectrum of Asian countries in a series [...]

by Amin Mughal
The urge for sharia is a protest against the western, particularly American domination, and their corrupt urban collaborators who rule over them.
I confess, in the least uncharitable terms, that I was never fond of Benazir Bhutto. In fact, I was inimical to her politics. In death, however, she has redeemed herself. In the [...]