Hindol Sengupta

Subcontinent’s greatest illusion is crumbling

One of the Indian subcontinent’s enduring and treasured illusions is shattering before our eyes. The illusion is that Bangladesh street values language above religion. NEW...

The geopolitical implications of the Adani case

The aim of this case might be to stop the Adani Group from raising funds in the US markets and prevent its rapid infrastructural...

We are all localists now

Why Donald Trump’s second victory is the most striking and powerful answer to the question, where is the story of the non-globalists? Years ago, when...

Bibek Debroy as an idea

He was one of the last examples of a particular worldview which was ever interested in ideas, no matter how eccentric, and knew of...

BRICS as the ‘voice of the Rest’

In a world divided between the West and the Rest, Western inability to comprehend a changing world order is giving a common platform for...

Containing, and Cheering, India

The great unspoken dilemma in the India-US relationship is that the US wishes to simultaneously cheer, and contain, India. This is not often spoken about...

The Battle for the Bay of Bengal

NEW DELHI: Contestations in the Bay of Bengal have never been as fierce as they are today ever since the colonial powers fought one...

Maududi’s Mercenaries

NEW DELHI: Why Islamism might yet determine the future of Bangladesh. The signs are impossible to miss. Contrary to the euphoria of a “student-led secular...

The role of the Bangladesh military in its turmoil

NEW DELHI: It does not have a defined military rival, but it has a history of violent coups and now the role of the Bangladesh...

How Bangladesh’s minority and monetary problems ousted Hasina

NEW DELHI: The underlying causes of Sheikh Hasina’s rise and fall show that the future is likely to be precarious. The lyrics of one of the...

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