A historical milestone was achieved when the digitally restored image of the earliest surviving Hindu painting from the 6th century was unveiled for the world to see

If it’s any solace, this dreadful time has given rise to an unnamed bond among strangers—call it humanity, altruism, empathy—but it’s helping many of us stay afloat, writes Azera Parveen Rahman for South Asia Monitor

Yes, it is 2020, and access to clean, potable water is still out-of-reach for hundreds of thousands of people in India and across South Asia,  writes Azera Parveen Rahman for South Asia Monitor

For an outsider, the NRC process has come to be perceived as anti-Muslim. This is drawing the line along religious identity—a factor to which the indigenous Assamese Muslim community does not agree, but whose voice has been largely ignored in this massive debate, writes Azera Parveen Rahman for South Asia Monitor