Adfer Shah

6 days ago | epw.in | Adfer Shah

Satyabrat Sinha’s commentary, “The Bangladesh Crisis: Sheikh Hasina’s Ouster and India” (EPW, 5 April 2025), offers a perceptive analysis of the geopolitical tremors following Sheikh Hasina’s exit from Bangladesh on 5 August 2024, and their implications for India’s regional influence. Sinha’s focus on India’s strategic preference for a stable, secular neighbour is astute, capturing the delicate balance New Delhi seeks amid Bangladesh’s potential drift towards China or an Islamic identity.

2 weeks ago | eurasiareview.com | Adfer Shah

India’s prompt response to Myanmar’s earthquake tragedy on March 28, 2025, through Operation Brahma, underscores its adeptness at weaving humanitarian solidarity into regional diplomacy. Sociologically, this intervention illuminates disaster as a crucible for trust-building amidst fractured polities. The Neighbourhood First policy emerges as a mature articulation of cooperative stability, fostering resilience across borders with understated resolve.

3 weeks ago | epw.in | Adfer Shah

Babu P Remesh’s commentary, “Overwork Culture, Karoshi, and the Right to Disconnect” (EPW, 15 March 2025), is a timely and incisive critique of the toxic work culture that has become normalised in the digital age. The piece effectively underscores the erosion of work–life balance, particularly in the context of overwork, karoshi (death by overwork), and the urgent need for a legal right to disconnect.

Oct 21, 2024 | eurasiareview.com | Adfer Shah

The results of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections held on October 8, 2024, not only delineates the victors and vanquished but also unveil notable political trends warranting rigorous academic analysis. This commentary examines the divergent voting patterns between the two divisions—Jammu and Kashmir—where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured a substantial mandate in Jammu (29), while the National Conference garnered significant support in the Kashmir Valley (42).

Oct 10, 2024 | eurasiareview.com | Adfer Shah

The Clear Mirror: Reflection of Monyul in the History of Tawang Monastery takes a look at the history, culture and social geography of the Monyul, thereby giving readers an ethnographic account and lived reality of Tawang monastery and the People of Mon. The book was originally written in Tibetan by Gyalsey Trulku, who served as the Abbott of Tawang Monastery for almost two decades from 1978 to 1997.