Growth in South Asia is expected to increase to 6.4 percent this year, exceeding earlier projections and keeping the region on track to be the fastest growing in the world. The region could grow even ...

In this partial wrap about the region’s borders -- call it South Asia’s ring of fire -- let us begin with a cheeky backhand ...

One big reason is that its urbanization has been messy and hidden. South Asia faces a choice: Continue on the same path or undertake difficult and appropriate reforms to improve the region’s ...

All the world’s religions live side-by-side in South Asia, and its economies are driven by a young population conscious of their growing importance to global geopolitics. But each state faces serious ...

Advancing Asia’s Priorities on Climate and Development: Takeaways from UNGA and the World Bank–IMF Annual Meetings Meera Gopal and Betty Wang on key takeaways for Asia from the 79th UNGA and World ...

South Asia has undergone notable transformations across economic, political, social, and various other spheres. Mirroring these patterns of societal change are the architectural practices across ...

Mahfuj Alam, a newly appointed advisor to Bangladesh's interim government, has sparked controversy by removing the portrait of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the nation's founding father, from the Banga ...

Asia Society’s purpose is to navigate shared futures for Asia and the world across policy, arts and culture, education, sustainability, business, and technology. Asia Society takes no institutional ...

Nepal Rastra Bank awarded a contract to a Chinese company to print new 100-rupee notes featuring Nepal's revised political ...

Did modernity arrive in South Asia with British colonialism? Or was South Asia already modern by then? What might have that modernity looked like? The Early Modern in South Asia engages with these ...

The South Asian Studies Program is the study of the culture, history, politics and literature of South Asia at Brandeis. We have a vibrant community of faculty in the humanities and social sciences, ...

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