Minority histories of the Indian national flag
By Sadan Jha, Centre for Social Studies 17 August 2017 This week, India celebrates 70 years of independence. The tricolour flag, perhaps the most tangible and potent symbol of freedom…
Opinion
How the Partition of India happened – and why its effects are still felt today
By Sarah Ansari, Royal Holloway 10 August 2017 “Partition” – the division of British India into the two separate states of India and Pakistan on August 14-15, 1947 –…
Facebook is fighting social media identity theft in India, but it’s a global problem
By Ritesh Chugh, CQUniversity Australia 2 August 2017 Every Facebook account comes with a profile picture, but how can we prevent these often personal photos from being stolen? Facebook has some ideas.…
Why offshore processing of refugees bound for Europe is such a bad idea
By Daria Davitti, University of Nottingham 28 July 2017 On the same day that a top UN official bravely called on Australia to end the harmful practice of processing asylum…
China-India border dispute a grim sign for stability in Asia
By Nick Bisley, La Trobe University July 27, 2017 Conflict was almost baked into Asia’s post-1945 international order. Taiwan’s contested status following the communist victory in China’s civil…
Modi’s polarising populism makes a fiction of a secular, democratic India
By Irfan Ahmad, Max Planck Institute 13 July 2017 This article is part of the Democracy Futures series, a joint global initiative between The Conversation and the Sydney Democracy Network.…
India’s caste system extends to uneven access to cooking fuel and electricity
By Vibhor Saxena, Associate Lecturer in Economics, University of St Andrews 3 July 2017 Among their many privileges, India’s wealthiest households can rely on a consistent supply of electricity and access…
Behind Modi: The growing influence of the India lobby
By Ashok Sharma, UNSW, Canberra at ADF Academy 29 June 2017 One has 32.9 million Twitter followers; the other has 31 million. When U.S. President Donald Trump met Indian Prime…
Why the latest wave of terrorism will get worse before it gets better
By Bruce Newsome, University of California, Berkeley 24 June 2017 The latest attacks in London and Manchester – like last year’s attacks in Orlando, Florida and St. Cloud, Minnesota – epitomize…
Three charts on: Australia’s declining homicide rates
By Terry Goldsworthy, Bond University 21 June 2017 Australia’s overall homicide rate continues to decline: it has reached a historic low, according to newly published data. Australia’s homicide rate is declining…
To slow climate change, India joins the renewable energy revolution
By Arun Agrawal, University of Michigan 9 June 2017 On June 3, two days after President Trump announced that the United States would withdraw from the Paris climate accord, Indian…
Looking at terror attacks ‘per capita’ should make us rethink beliefs about levels of risk and Muslims
Michael Jetter, University of Western Australia and David Stadelmann, Bayreuth University Recent events in London, Manchester and elsewhere highlight that Western societies are vulnerable to terrorist attacks – and political…
The Islamic State group has weaponized children
By Mia Bloom, Georgia State University 24 May 2017 In claiming responsibility for the attack in Manchester at an Ariana Grande concert on May 22, the Islamic State group has sunk…
Wake up before hypertension slowly kills you
By Shiva Raj Mishra, Brisbane 16 May 17 Last week I had a chat with a friend who has been hypertensive since his youth. Luckily, with tremendous efforts, he has…
457 visa changes won’t impact on wider temporary education workforce. And maybe that’s deliberate
International student visa allows you to work up to 20 hours a week. from www.shutterstock.com By Jock Collins, University of Technology Sydney 24 April 2018 The Turnbull Government’s decision to scrap…
Australian government axes 457 work visa: experts react
18 April 2017: The Turnbull government is axing the 457 visa program and replacing it with a new Temporary Skill Shortage Visa. This comes after a history of problems with…
In China and Pakistan’s coal romance, where’s the love for the climate?
By Fahad Saeed, King Abdulaziz University 31 March 2017 If you were travelling via motorway from Islamabad to Lahore during November or December 2016, you might have felt like your…
Prachanda’s China trip: Nepal got nothing, he got everything
By Bikram Timilsina, Brisbane 30 March 2016 Monday’s discussions between Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” and Chinese President Xi Jinping produced no substantial results for the Himalayan nation.…
Indians’ ‘notes ban’ compliance masks a silent crisis of legitimacy
By Esha Sen Madhavan, University of Sydney This article is part of the Democracy Futures series, a joint global initiative between The Conversation and the Sydney Democracy Network. The project aims…
Nepal’s Catch-22 over OBOR initiative and Prachanda’s upcoming China Visit
By Bikram Timilsina, Brisbane 18 March 2017 China has lately been putting considerable diplomatic pressure on Nepal to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for its participation in the Chinese President’s…
