Joseph Allchin
Joseph Allchin is a writer and journalist who has spent many years writing about and living in the greater Bay of Bengal region. His critically acclaimed first book, 'Many Rivers One Sea', looks at the politics of extremism in Bangladesh and is out now.
Power play
Bangladesh’s opaque electricity sector raises concerns about widespread corruption.
Dec 10, 2021
A matter of class
Informal patronage networks in Bangladesh have hampered the development of collective bargaining.
May 25, 2015
The shadow of the gun
Despite victory in Burma’s historic by-elections, the NLD faces many daunting obstacles to meaningful change.
Apr 12, 2012
A lady’s life
Review of an apolitical biopic on Aung San Suu Kyi.
Mar 08, 2012
Slow and steady – maybe
Trying to understand the vagaries of the new Burma.
Dec 01, 2011
Between Dhaka and the Nasaka
Why has the Bangladesh government rejected a USD 33 million aid package from the UN?
Jul 27, 2011
Latest Articles
Pakistan embraces military rule without martial law
New laws have created jurisdiction for the military to operate at both federal and provincial levels of government, with serious implications for Pakistan’s already precarious federation.
Strains between Malé and the atolls in the Maldives
Forced migration, “development” pressures, political neglect and the climate crisis have assailed the Maldives’ less-populous atolls, eroding the country’s identity and driving thousands to the capital
Manipur’s conflict has harsh lessons for all of India’s Northeast
Rampant ethnic chauvinism of the kind that has shattered Manipur’s civil society is ingrained in communities across the Northeast
How Southasia and Oman intertwined
In ‘Sovereigns of the Sea’, the histories of Omani sultans in the age of empire speak to the interconnectedness of Southasia, West Asia and East Africa
