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A new study provides a more nuanced understanding of the role food plays in healthy eating and family life.
Claimed by both India and Pakistan ever since the British left, Kashmir is still caught in the crossfire.
Without a legitimate government, Afghanistan will never be stable … no matter how many terrorists are killed.
Two-and-a-half decades on from the end of military rule, Bangladesh faces many of the same critical problems it always has.
Economic trouble and political violence are much more pressing concerns for Pakistanis than the political fate of their prime minister.
Women born in South Asian countries like India or Pakistan are more likely to have a stillbirth than women born in Australia or New Zealand.
A useful avatar for threats both real and perceived, the notion of a pan-Islamic nuclear weapon has little to do with reality.
The Indian government recently demonetised 86% of its country’s cash – and kicked off a logistical nightmare.
A new tool is tracking attacks on people for their religion, politics, caste, ethnicity, gender, class and sexual orientation.
Regardless of US presidential results, India needs to keep the United States close to maintain the balance of power in South Asia.
Narendra Modi’s government is drumming up war hysteria on the eve of crucial state elections. The gathering storm threatens India’s increasingly beleaguered democracy.
A long-festering military and diplomatic sore has been dramatically reopened. Can it ever be healed?
India and Pakistan wanted to replace colonial English with national languages after independence. The process is still far from over.
Almost 70 years after Indian independence, tribes once classed as criminals are still fighting for their freedom.
India’s prime minister won a landslide victory promising to improve his people’s lives. There’s a very long way to go.
Bangladesh’s sexual minorities have been under violent attack for some time – as has anyone standing up to the country’s extremists.
The destruction wrought by two earthquakes in Nepal opened up a major opportunity for child traffickers.
Narendra Modi’s visit to the UK has gone swimmingly – but the situation at home is far from placid.
Ten years ago, a devastating earthquake killed tens of thousands of people in Pakistan. How has the devastated town of Balakot recovered?
From post-earthquake Nepal to serving the homeless poor in the UK, food services offered by Sikh temples contribute to public life and humanitarian relief.



















