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Nov 26, 2024 | 
frontline.thehindu.com | Avinash Paliwal |Saba Naqvi |Nirupama Subramanian |Ashutosh Sharma
Sheikh Hasina’s dramatic ouster as Prime Minister of Bangladesh on August 5 this year after weeks of student protests evoked at the time comparisons with Sri Lanka, where Gotabaya Rajapaksa had to flee the country in July 2022 after a public uprising, and with the hasty exit of Ashraf Ghani from his presidential palace in Kabul when the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August 2021.
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
carnegieendowment.org | Milan Vaishnav |Avinash Paliwal |Sadanand Dhume |Tanvi Madan
35 ResultspodcastThe Past, Present, and Future of India’s Near EastAuthor Avinash Paliwal joins Milan Vaishnav to discuss his new book, "India's Near East: A New History," a unique history of New Delhi's relations with its neighbors Bangladesh and Myanmar. Sadanand Dhume and Tanvi Madan join Milan Vaishnav to unpack the results of the U.S. election and what a second Trump presidency will mean for U.S.-India relations.
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Nov 9, 2024 | 
bhartiyamedia.com | Avinash Paliwal
India’s Near East: A New History By Avinash PaliwalHurst, 2024The sudden collapse of the Sheikh Hasina government in Bangladesh on 5 August evoked a mixed emotion of surprise, anger, and worry in India. However, what’s missing from the discourse is a sense of introspection of India’s neighbourhood policy, especially its troubled eastern flank.
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Nov 9, 2024 | 
e-ir.info | Avinash Paliwal |Prashant Singh
India’s Near East: A New HistoryBy Avinash PaliwalHurst, 2024The sudden collapse of the Sheikh Hasina government in Bangladesh on 5 August evoked a mixed emotion of surprise, anger, and worry in India. However, what’s missing from the discourse is a sense of introspection of India’s neighbourhood policy, especially its troubled eastern flank.
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Nov 9, 2024 | 
qoshe.com | Avinash Paliwal |Prashant Singh
India’s Near East: A New History By Avinash PaliwalHurst, 2024The sudden collapse of the Sheikh Hasina government in Bangladesh on 5 August evoked a mixed emotion of surprise, anger, and worry in India. However, what’s missing from the discourse is a sense of introspection of India’s neighbourhood policy, especially its troubled eastern flank.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
telegraphindia.com | Avinash Paliwal
INDIA’S NEAR EAST: ANEW HISTORY By Avinash Paliwal Penguin, Rs 799 Avinash Paliwal’s book is an interesting work based on extensive research. Its scope is ambitious for it covers the entire period from Independence to almost the present.
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
observerbd.com | Avinash Paliwal
A revealing new history of India's faltering attempts to exert control over its eastern hinterland and the neighbouring states of Bangladesh and Myanmar…DescriptionIndia's near east encompasses Bangladesh, Myanmar and the Indian states of the 'Northeast'-Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram.
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Sep 16, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Avinash Paliwal
1:253 hours agoIndia: Doctor brutally beaten after asking visitors to remove footwear in emergency ward in western IndiaStringersHub • 3hBhavnagar, India - September 12, 2024 In a shocking incident in western India Gujarat, a doctor was allegedly beaten by three individuals after requesting them to remove their footwear before entering the emergency ward. The incident occurred at Shreya Hospital in Sihor town of Bhavnagar district on September 12.
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Sep 16, 2024 | 
theprint.in | Avinash Paliwal
The second readjustment was with Bangladesh. The LEP wanted India to engage with Dhaka to deepen multi-modal connectivity. This is reflected in Rao’s April 1993 Dhaka visit for the SAARC summit, and bagging of road-building contracts shortly after the Bangladeshi parliament passed a resolution criticising the Babri demolition. But R&AW continued to arm the Shanti Bahini. It was ironic. India was at odds with a democratically elected government in Dhaka and keen to build bridges with the junta.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
frontline.thehindu.com | Avinash Paliwal |Amey Tirodkar |Vaishna Roy
This is not the first time the Awami League has virtually been banished in Bangladesh.In the early hours of August 15, 1975, a group of young soldiers entered the home of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the first President of Bangladesh, and killed him along with his entire family (except his two daughters Sheikh Hasina and Sheikh Rehana, who were travelling in Europe). The assassins then dashed to the radio station and announced Khandkar Moshtaque Ahmed as President.
