Shyam Saran

The need for a Southasian perspective

We tend not to comprehend how ecologically inter-connected we are in the region.

Oct 01, 2009

Connectivity as India’s neighbourhood policy

Making India’s extensive regional borders ‘progressively irrelevant’ will not be easy, but it is necessary.

Oct 01, 2006

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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