Constructing State Identity and Changing Foreign Policy of the Maldives Toward India How does one explain the foreign policy behavior of South Asia’s small states? The conventional scholarship drawing from structural realism argues that the presence of China allows them to balance ...

#PublicationAlert: How do small states conduct foreign policy? In this article, I argue that #Maldives' foreign policy towards #India is rooted in contested ideas of identity and state-building processes.

#SmallStates #SouthAsia #China #SouthAsianSky

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🛕Sree Veera Hanuman Temple

🐵Templo al dios mono hindú Hanuman

📍Kuala Lumpur (Malasia)

#Malaysia #KL #Hinduism #SouthAsianSky #Hanuman

de todas las existencias del Universo, universo de infinitas vidas🥚💛

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9 Cuando inundan la tierra, extienden la oscuridad incluso durante el día, con la nube de lluvia cargada de agua».

✨Es un recurso alegórico que los poetas védicos compararan la lluvia con las vacas, asociando ambas a la fertilidad y a la vida 🐄

#HinduStudies #SouthAsianSky #Veda #poem

Jama Masjid
📍Delhi

Una de las mezquitas más grandes de India. Construida por el emperador mogol, Shah Jahan, a mediados del siglo XVII.
Arenisca roja y mármol blanco, el matrimonio perfecto 🤍

#Delhi #Bharat #Jamamasjid #SouthAsianSky

6. Authoritarian/hybrid regimes in Asia
7. Populism in Asia
8. Asia and the global order
9. Foreign relation in Asia
10. Regional connectivity in Asia

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#PoliSky
#SouthAsianSky

Asia | Create a custom map | MapChart Create your own custom map of Asia. Color an editable map, fill in the legend, and download it for free to use in your project.

Designing seminar activities for new Asia module.

Loving this tool

www.mapchart.net/asia.html

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#SouthAsianSky
#PoliSky

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I review Avinash Paliwal's India's Near East: A New History for India Quarterly.

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Comenzaron a alabar y cantar himnos con palabras ahogadas por la emoción y con lágrimas fluyendo de sus ojos.
📜 ——Devī Gītā. XXXIII. 19-41

#HinduStudies #Hinduism #SouthAsianSky #Devi #Goddess

«Allí no puede ir la vista, ni el habla, ni tampoco la mente. No podemos saber, no podemos entender. ¿Cómo se puede explicar? Es distinto de todo lo conocido. Está por encima de lo Desconocido».
—— Kena Upanisad 1.3. 26

#Upanisad #HinduStudies #SouthAsianSky

Del Purusa sukta (RgVeda 10.90):

11.Cuando dividieron al Purusa ¿en cuántas partes se dividió?
[...]
13. La Luna nació de su mente, de su ojo, el sol.De su boca nació Indra y Vāyu de su aliento
14. De su ombligo surgió el cielo,de su cabeza el firmamento,de sus pies la tierra

#SouthAsianSky #Veda

«Know the Principle [Brahman] to be enjoyment. From enjoyment are all beings born; once born they are sustained by enjoyment and leave this world to return into enjoyment».

——Taittirīya Upanishad 3.6.

#Upanishad #Hinduism #SouthAsianSky

British Sikhs being asked about views on India at UK airports, says Labour MP Exclusive: Preet Gill says a number of Sikhs have been stopped at border, raising concerns over Delhi’s influence

Why on earth are the UK border force asking British #Sikhs for their attitudes on the partition of #India? Something definitely not right here

#SouthAsianSky #IndiaSky
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General malfeasance Will Gen Faiz Hameed's trial prove to be a long overdue comeuppance or just another smokescreen?

'His abuses were well known, yet they invited little scrutiny, let alone institutional accountability, as they were seen as serving a purpose that was in line with the establishment’s preferences at the time.'

#military #SouthAsianSky #Pakistan

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Mahrang Baloch, Hadiqa Kiani make it to BBC 100 Women 2024 list The two Pakistanis were featured for their resilience and pushing for change.

Awesome!

#Pakistan #SouthAsianSky

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We are half way to full on this amazing BrownSky list 🤎🤗

If you know of a South Asian writer/creator, please forward this Starter Pack to them!

#scriptsky #writersky #brownsky #southasian #southasiansky

Panel on #DigitalHumanities

Great time celebrating literature, arts & culture at the Jaipur Literature Fest earlier this year.

(Held at the beautiful UNC Chapel Hill Campus, be ready to grab tickets for the 2025 edition. You’ll thank me later!)

#SouthAsianSky #DesiSky #Humanities