Articles from the author

The ruling classes in the Subcontinent have established an authoritarian mindset

Like other social media superstars, Indian PM has sold his followers a shiny fantasy

Writers and journalists in both India and Pakistan are facing down fierce threats to their lives after regularly uncovering turpitude among politicians, bureaucrats and businessmen

Once again, the hunt for one enemy is creating many more victims

Economic reform benefits are unlikely to be available to all under a regime which relies on demonising a large section of the population

Most senior media professionals find themselves on the wrong side of the age divide

Many of our standards of assessment derive from different community traditions

Across Asia, the authority of older political, economic and military elites is being challenged and often overthrown

The class derives legitimacy from elections and sops to the poor majority

The widely shared longing for manageable, modest but satisfying lives

The powerful Indian leader may actually be the most dangerous of cliches

A quest for more congenial climes is apparent among the privileged classes in India and China, which were expected to preside over a shift of power from West to East