The Journal of South Asian Exchanges (ISSN 3048-8877), a peer-reviewed, open-access, journal, publishes scholarly research articles, article reviews, case studies, and book reviews on arts, literature, languages, philosophy, astronomy, culture, history, society, economy, law, political science, security, and international relations of the South Asian region, drawing on a range of disciplines from the humanities and social sciences. The journal publishes four issues per annum. The editorial policy of the journal does not entertain any form of commitment to any political viewpoint or ideology. Know more here >>
Volume 2 Number 2:
Entangled Histories, Emerging Futures: South Asia in a Multipolar World
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A Conspiracy of Silence: Child Sexual Abuse and Cultural Complicity in Britain’s Pakistani Diaspora
Saira Mirza
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21659/jsae/v2n2/v2n201| Pages 1-14 |First published: September 5, 2025
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From Margin to Mainstream: Women’s Agency, Narratives and Ecological Resilience in Kamala Markandaya’s Nectar in a Sieve
Akanksha Barthwal
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21659/jsae/v2n2/v2n202| Pages 1-12 |First published: September 11, 2025
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Promotion of Sports in North-East India for Socio-Economic Ties: Understanding the Role of the Act East Policy in shaping Sports Infrastructure and Cultural Identity
1Nibedita Bora , 2Sandip Sinha , 3Thuha Apralo
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21659/jsae/v2n2/v2n203| Pages 1-14 |First published: September 17, 2025
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The Limbu and the Land: Exploring the Limbu Tribe’s Cultural Traditions as Sites of Ecological Ethics
Prakriti Subba
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21659/jsae/v2n2/v2n204| Pages 1-16 |First published: October 14, 2025
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Films from the ‘Highlanders’: Tracing Issues and Prospects of the Mizo Film Industry
1David Lalhmachhuana , 2Sayan Dey, PhD , 3Nicky Lalrinsanga Lotlai , 4Joel Laltlanchhuaha
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21659/jsae/v2n2/v2n205| Pages 1-13 |First published: October 14, 2025
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Urban Ecological Planning in Kochi: Integrating Ecological Integrity, Social Equity, and Resilience in a Rapidly Urbanising Coastal City
1Jerry Mathew Abraham, 2Jose Deepak T.T., 3Ananda Krishna K.,
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21659/jsae/v2n2/v2n206| Pages 1-18 |First published: October 24, 2025
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Poetics of Despair: A Transnational Unpacking of Faiz’s “Intesaab”
Maria Amir
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21659/jsae/v2n2/v2n207| Pages 1-18 |First published: October 27, 2025
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Revaluing the Invisible Economy: Feminist Reinterpretations of Unpaid and Care Labour in Contemporary India
1Arifa Sultana Chowdhury, 2Nithin Rajeev
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21659/jsae/v2n2/v2n208| Pages 1-16 |First published: October 30, 2025
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Indian Students’ Migration and Integration in Europe: A Case Study on Naples City (Italy)
Davide Cava
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21659/jsae/v2n2/v2n209| Pages 1-14 |First published: November 6, 2025
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Blood and Belief: Utopias and Dystopias of Menstrual Rites and Domestic Morality Through Lived Experiences of Bengali Hindu Women in Kolkata
Sayantani Ghosh
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21659/jsae/v2n2/v2n210| Pages 1-18 |First published: November 8, 2025
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Ethnicity, Belonging, and the State: The Dynamics of Identity Politics in Nepal
1Milan Shrestha, 2Sedunath Dhakal
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21659/jsae/v2n2/v2n211| Pages 1-14 |First published: November 10, 2025
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Brewing Belief: The Cultural and Political Life of Hadia and Sarhul in Jharkhand
Hare Krishna Kuiry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21659/jsae/v2n2/v2n212| Pages 1-11 |First published: November 20, 2025
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Eternalizing the Arbitrary: A Revisiting of the Panchakanyas of Hindu Mythology through the Lens of Gender Dialectics
Philip K S
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21659/jsae/v2n2/v2n213| Pages 1-13 |First published: November 20, 2025
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Echoes of Insurgency: Tracing Cultural Trauma in Easterine Kire’s Bitter Wormwood
Pushpneet Kaur
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21659/jsae/v2n2/v2n214| Pages 1-14 |First published: November 20, 2025
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