How a cocktail of rogue storms and climate chaos unleashed deadly flooding across Asia

Looking at the weather map on his computer and seeing three simultaneous tropical storms forming across Asia in late November, climatologist Fredolin Tangang’s first thoughts drifted to the 2004 ...

An Intense Monsoon Season Is Battering Parts of Asia. Here’s What We Know.

Unusually destructive storms have killed at least 1,350 people across the region and displaced millions in South and ...
The Diplomat

COP30 and South Asia

Meera Gopal joins host Tushar Shetty to examine the outcomes of COP30 in Belém, Brazil and the implications for South Asia.
The Diplomat

South Asia’s Debt Addiction

Rising debt has sparked a new battle for national sovereignty.
Asia Society

On South Asia in the Indo-Pacific

In the dynamic landscape of geopolitical shifts, U.S. policy toward South Asia has consistently been a critical area of focus. As the region continues to evolve amid changing political, economic, and ...
The Business Standard

Bangladesh among South Asia countries with improvement in Water Security Index, but disaster risks rise: ADB report

Pacific region needs $250 billion a year in water investments but gets only 40% of it, says the Asian Water Development Outlook.
Yahoo

From South Asia to Mexico, from slave to spiritual icon, this woman's life is a snapshot of Spain's colonization – and the Pacific slave trade history that books often leave out

Jan. 5, 2024, marked 336 years since the passing of an extraordinary woman you have probably never heard of: Catarina de San Juan. Her life reads like an epic. Born in South Asia during the early 17th ...
Smith College

South Asian Studies

The minor in South Asian studies focuses on the interdisciplinary study of South Asia and its diaspora. It brings together the perspectives of various disciplines, from art history to philosophy and ...
Women's Health

South Asian beauty brands are brilliant just for being brilliant, without the cultural wrapper around them

I’m a beauty journalist of over 15 years, and I’m South Asian. Yes, two very separate identities, but the two are linked inextricably. Being South Asian, and growing up as a second generation Indian ...
Artnet

Ancient Mythical Beasts Come Alive at This South Asian Art Exhibition

The Jigoku-zoshi (“Handscrolls of Buddhist Hell”) is a Japanese scroll from the late 12th century that graphically depicts naked, horrified monks running away from bands of vicious, animal-headed ...
The Harvard Crimson

Hundreds of Harvard Students, Faculty Celebrate First Ever South Asian Convocation

More than 200 Harvard students and faculty members gathered on the steps of Widener Library to celebrate the first ever South Asian convocation on Saturday. The event – featuring class photos, food, ...
Yahoo

From South Asia to Mexico, from slave to spiritual icon, this woman’s life is a snapshot of Spain’s colonization – and the Pacific slave trade history that books often ...

Catarina de San Juan’s life reads like an epic – and her extraordinary story is little known. Born in South Asia during the early 17th century, she was captured by the Portuguese at age 8 and sold to ...