| Title: | Issue No. 8 (October 2007) |
| Abstract: | Much has happened in South Asia in recent months. India and Pakistan celebrated 60 years of their existence as independent nations but they have been grappling with several internal challenges. At the same time, parts of South Asia are dealing with extreme flooding caused by incessant monsoons. |
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| Title: | Issue No. 7 (June 2007) |
| Abstract: | I would like to take this opportunity to make an important announcement. Professor Mohan Rao stepped down as Director of the Institute of South Asian Studies on 16 April 2007. He has returned to the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. I have taken over as Acting Director of the Institute. I am pleased to pen the foreword for this issue of the newsletter. |
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| Title: | Issue No. 6 (February 2007) |
| Abstract: | The three months that just elapsed have been very eventful for South Asia. The Chinese President, Hu Jintao, visited India in the third week of November 2006. The visit, which was the first by a Chinese head of state to India in a decade, is slated to further cement the budding relationship between the two Asian giants. India also moved closer to what is described as a 'strategic' alliance with the United States, as a joint conference of the United States Congress, the House of Representatives and the Senate ratified the India-U.S. nuclear deal. The merits of the deal remain widely debated. Peace talks between India and Pakistan are moving forward, generating much hope for a lasting solution. owever, in Sri Lanka, the peace process between the government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam has been derailed in the wake of the resumption of violence |
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