Beyond the democratic myth: Ayesha Jalal decodes the subcontinent’s Political DNA

Ayesha Jalal, Democracy and Authoritarianism in South Asia: A Comparative and Historical Perspective, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995 Ayesha Jalal’s Democracy and Authoritarianism in South Asia: A Comparative and Historical Perspective, published in 1995, stands as a seminal intervention in understanding the complex and often contradictory political trajectories of post-colonial India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Esteemed […]