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india/pakistan

The internal politics and external relations of south Asia's giants are tracked by writers from the region and beyond.

The Colombo government's repression, detention and evasion demand an international inquiry
What kind of violence has the Sri Lankan state been committing against its Tamil civilian population?
The urbanisation of Pakistan’s war seeks to turn cities into places of permanent insecurity
Pakistan won’t collapse. But it is in trouble, and needs strategic leadership. A long-term view
From Swat to Lahore, escalating violence is inflicting a terrible toll on Pakistan's poor and displaced
Pakistan's army and state seek room to pursue their own strategic interests amid increasing US pressure
The end of Sri Lanka’s long war creates a new political landscape in the torn country
The needs of the post-war period include accountability and redress for past violations
A suspicion of the United States in Pakistan outweighs opposition to the Taliban
When mosques become places of learning, fundamentalism will dissolve
The plight of Tamil civilians is both political disgrace and human emergency 
A shift of strategy towards “AfPak” must go deeper - to the local and regional
The heart of Pakistan’s crisis is arbitrary power. The solution is democracy and rule by law
Trapped in her Chennai home by torrential downpours and floods, Swetha Regunathan had no option but to immerse herself in the spectacle of the Mumbai attacks
After the attack in Lahore on the Sri Lankan cricket team, an expat Pakistani comes to terms with the changing reality of her country
Islamabad insists that its compromise with Islamists in the Swat valley will help bring peace to the region. But is the peace of sharia law what Pakistanis want?
A young man's killing in a border-fence's shadow tells a larger story
As a day-long rebellion dies down, the fledgling democratic government in Dhaka claims to have weathered its first real test
Islamabad must not lose sight of the country's economic and social failings as it fights terrorism 
The embrace of democracy in Dhaka is both homegrown vindication and injunction to the west
A new exhibition of contemporary photography reveals the depths of the seemingly mundane in modern India
Pakistan's promised campaign against Lashkar-e-Taiba has had little effect
The challenges faced by the new Obama administration in Afghanistan and Pakistan are too big to be tackled alone
In the wake of the Mumbai attacks, New Delhi is in no mood for compromise.
The new US president must break with the recent American past to claim the future
The recent terrorist attack in Mumbai is not a continuation of politics by other means, but part of an exclusivist, modern project that sees human freedom as superfluous.
Despite saber-rattling rhetoric in some quarters of public opinion, New Delhi can ill afford military confrontation with Pakistan.
The group allegedly behind the Mumbai attacks is dangerous in its capacity for innovation and adaptation
The Indian response to the Mumbai assault must be guided by defence of basic freedoms
The assault on India’s commercial hub presents the Pakistani state with a key choice
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