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