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Looking Back at 2022: SAV Editors’ Picks
At South Asian Voices, we pride ourselves on publishing diverse perspectives from across the subcontinent on important and often contentious issues related to the politics, security, and economics of South Asia. Below are the SAV editorial team’s top picks of 2022: Brigitta Schuchert…

Reconsidering India’s ‘Population Policy’ through a Regional Perspective
In the summer of 2021, two states of India–Uttar Pradesh and Assam–have considered bills to what they proclaim as ways to encourage implementation of ‘decent family planning’. Some see this as a way to target the minority Muslim population of the country who are…

“Denazification,” Disinformation, and how (Pseudo)Authoritarian States Justify War
When Vladimir Putin announced a full-scale assault on Ukraine, he justified the invasion as an effort to “denazify” Ukraine. While the global rise of far-right nationalism has not left Ukraine unscathed—the country’s far-right party received two percent of the vote…

اے آئی ٹی سی جیسی علاقائی پارٹیاں بی جے پی کو کس طرح چیلنج کر سکتی ہیں
ہندوستان میں اے آئی ٹی سی اس وقت شہ سرخیوں کا شاخسانہ بنی جب شمال مشرقی ریاست میگھالیہ میں انڈین نیشنل کانگریس کی قانون ساز اسمبلی کی ۱۷ میں سے۱۲ اراکین نے اپنی پارٹی سے منحرف ہو کر اے آئی…

Hindutva and the Reimagining of Public Space in India
India has witnessed escalating domestic tensions, calibrated around particular religious/ communitarian practices, performances, and symbols. Part of a larger rise in Hindu majoritarianism, campaigns seeking to control religious expression have often been mapped on to public spaces, crucially spelling a…

The BJP and the Rise of Communal Violence
The electoral success of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2014 parliamentary elections marked a turning point in India’s electoral history. Under the slogan “Achhe din aane waale hain” (“good days are coming”), Narendra Modi led the party to its…