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Sudha Ramachandran

Sudha Ramachandran

Sudha Ramachandran is South Asia editor at The Diplomat.

Sudha Ramachandran is a journalist based in Bengaluru, India. She writes on South Asian political and security issues and has closely followed developments in the region’s conflict zones. She is an adjunct faculty at the Asian College of Journalism in Chennai. Sudha has a doctoral degree from the School of International Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi.

Posts by Sudha Ramachandran
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August 30, 2024

Jammu and Kashmir Likely to See a Fractured Verdict in Assembly Elections

By Sudha Ramachandran
The real contest for power will unfold after election results are announced on October 8.
August 05, 2024

Apoorvanand on Why RSS Will Not Oust Modi as Prime Minister Just Yet

By Sudha Ramachandran
“At this juncture, unless the corporates withdraw support from Modi, RSS is not going to undermine Modi’s supremacy.”

August 05, 2024

Jammu and Kashmir: Five Years After the Abrogation of Its Autonomy

By Sudha Ramachandran
Restoration of J&K’s statehood and free and fair assembly elections would be the first step, albeit a small and long overdue one, toward righting the wrongs done to its people since 2019.

July 30, 2024

Has the Araniko Highway in Nepal Become Less Important to China?

By Sudha Ramachandran
Beijing has delayed delivering funds to Nepal for upgradation of the highway, prompting the latter to self-fund the project.

July 27, 2024

Amitabh Mathur on the Tibetan Struggle, Post-Dalai Lama Scenario, and the ‘Tibet Card’

By Sudha Ramachandran
“There is nothing like the Tibet card. And it would be deeply offensive to the Tibetans to think they are mere pawns on the diplomatic chessboard.”
July 05, 2024

Foes CPN-UML and the Nepali Congress Turn Friends to Form New Nepali Government

By Sudha Ramachandran
The political promiscuity of its parties, not the electoral system, is responsible for the country’s prolonged instability.

June 20, 2024

Terrorist Attack at Reasi Sets Alarm Bells Ringing in India’s Security Establishment

By Sudha Ramachandran
The targeted attack on Hindu pilgrims traveling by bus to a revered temple came weeks ahead of the start of the annual Amarnath Yatra.
June 17, 2024

Khurram Husain on China’s Declining Interest in CPEC

By Sudha Ramachandran
China's main interest now is “safeguarding the commercial viability of their existing investments, and security of Chinese nationals in Pakistan."

June 08, 2024

BJP ‘Proxies’ Routed in General Elections in Kashmir Valley

By Sudha Ramachandran
The National Conference won two of three seats in the valley while the third seat was won by a jailed Kashmiri political separatist.

May 31, 2024

Why Is the RSS Distancing Itself From the BJP?

By Sudha Ramachandran
BJP and RSS leaders are going to great lengths to send out the message that the RSS is a cultural organization and uninvolved in the BJP’s political activity.

May 19, 2024

Jabin Jacob on China’s Growing Influence in South Asia

By Sudha Ramachandran
“Chinese influence has only encouraged instability in Nepalese politics.”
May 10, 2024

BJP Shrinks Away From Facing Voters in Kashmir

By Sudha Ramachandran
Hugely unpopular among Kashmiris, India's ruling party would have lost had it dared to contest in the valley.

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