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![The Colonial Legacies of Authoritar­ianism in South Asia The Colonial Legacies of Authoritar­ianism in South Asia](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-07-26-190144.jpg)
The Colonial Legacies of Authoritarianism in South Asia
By Ayesha Jalal
India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh all inherited over-centralized state monoliths with unitary ideologies of sovereignty from the British Raj.
![COVID-19 and India’s Addiction to Colonial-Era Laws COVID-19 and India’s Addiction to Colonial-Era Laws](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-04-17-2.jpg)
COVID-19 and India’s Addiction to Colonial-Era Laws
By Ameya Pratap Singh and Dhruva Gandhi
India’s lockdown raises concerns about the legitimacy of colonial-era laws that have been used to administer emergencies.
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