democracy
Pakistan army’s supremacy can be traced to how early rulers sought to overcome disadvantages with India: Ayesha Jalal
In the first decade of independence, Pakistan’s top leadership solicited the assistance of the US and joined anti-Soviet security alliances
The President’s Man
Giani Zail Singh’s tenure reveals the limits and possibilities of the highest office
The House Modi Built
The new parliament connects the seat of Indian democracy with the country’s ancient traditions
‘It is a historian’s task to explain how things fall apart or come together,’ says Neeti Nair
Neeti Nair in her new book examines censorship and the state of free speech in South Asia. The historian in conversation with
The Normalisation of Evil
No dictator today is denied the freedom of playing out his paranoia on a global stage
Leave Aside Democracy Please
When politicians equate their simulated victimhood with a crisis in democracy
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