Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series
About the Book Series
The aim of this series is to publish original, high-quality work by both new and established scholars on all aspects of South Asia.
The July Revolution and International Law in Bangladesh
1st Edition
Edited
By Mohammad Shahabuddin
November 14, 2026
The book offers an in-depth critical examination of the role of international law in the aftermath of the July Revolution in Bangladesh, and in its future trajectory as contemporary nation. The book discusses how violent crackdowns on student protests and UN-recognised crimes led to a series of ...
Revolution, War, and Protest in Sri Lanka: From Armed Struggle to Non-Violent Resistance
1st Edition
Edited
By Nalin Jayasena
October 07, 2026
Interrogating the divide between violent and non-violent protest, including Aragalaya, this volume highlights the importance of strategically connecting seemingly unrelated historical events and political movements across Sri Lanka's North and South, spanning the period from 1948 to 2022, to offer ...
Gender Justice and Women’s Courts in Rural South India: Negotiating Family Disputes and Social Dynamics
1st Edition
By Sarah Potthoff
September 23, 2026
This book explores gender justice, power relations, and social transformation in India by providing an ethnographic, socio-legal view of Nari Adalats (women’s courts) and the family disputes that take place before them, in rural northern Karnataka, South India. The book offers an ethnography of the...
Complexities of Social Change in Bangladesh: Historical Aspirations and Contemporary Realities
1st Edition
Edited
By Monirul I. Khan, Kazi Mahmudur Rahman, Sharmeen Ahmed, Jannatul Ferdous
September 17, 2026
Connecting historical aspiration with contemporary reality, this book examines post-independence Bangladesh from a sociological perspective, discussing the structural and cultural factors that threaten its achievements, and how it might overcome existing hurdles to ensure continuity and long-term ...
Everyday State and Development in Northeast India
1st Edition
By Biswaranjan Tripura
July 20, 2026
This book examines the everyday state from the perspective of the lived experiences of peripheralized Indigenous tribal peoples in contemporary Tripura, Northeast India. Building on discussions in the anthropology of the state and development literature and based on rich ethnography data, this book...
Public Health and Menstrual Hygiene Practices in India: Practices, Costs, and Equity Issues
1st Edition
By Smruti Bulsari, Kiran Pandya, Anil Gumber
July 20, 2026
This book examines the equity issues regarding practices of menstrual hygiene and affordability of menstrual products by the lower socioeconomic class in India. By discussing a novel and detailed methodology of estimating the cost of menstrual hygiene, the authors identify various components of ...
Creative Economies of Culture in South Asia: Craftspeople and Performers
1st Edition
Edited
By Anna Morcom, Neelam Raina
May 22, 2026
This book explores the crafts and performing arts of South Asia through a focus on labour and livelihood. It brings to light little-researched angles of social and political economies of culture and the ways in which they have shifted and changed in different historical eras and different political...
Marginalised Groups in India: Historiography, Politics, and Policies
1st Edition
Edited
By Kunal Debnath, Souvik Chatterjee
May 22, 2026
This book intersects marginality, politics, and policies by focusing on the narratives of selective marginalised groups within India. Encouraging inclusive government policies that consider the diverse identities of individuals and groups within India, this book is a systematic documentation of the...
Empowering Marginalised Women in Remote Indian Villages: An Impact Study
1st Edition
By Udoy Saikia, Jim Chalmers, Dency Michael, Janice Orrell
December 26, 2025
Saikia, Chalmers, Michael and Orrell explore the impact of social education on gender inequalities in rural Tamil Nadu where highland women’s lives are damaged by discrimination, marginalisation and deprivation. Social education refers to agent-oriented learning experiences focused on power ...
Foreign Aid and Bangladesh: Donor Relations and Realpolitik
1st Edition
By Mohammad Mizanur Rahman
December 26, 2025
Foreign Aid and Bangladesh offers a rich combination of aid history – from the evolution of aid as a global agenda after WWII to the rise of different multilateral, bilateral, and emerging donors and their policy shifts – and a nuanced perspective of aid partnerships at the country level. ...
Vulnerable Communities in Neoliberal India: Perspectives from a Feminist Ethnographic Approach
1st Edition
Edited
By Deepanshu Mohan, Sakshi Chindaliya, Ashika Thomas
December 26, 2025
Mohan, Chindaliya, and Thomas offer an ethnographic critique of modern, neoliberal India from the perspective of studying the daily lives-livelihoods of marginalised, unsecured, informal vulnerable communities residing in the urban, peri-urban spaces across the nation. With case studies ranging ...
Pakistan and International Law: Dynamics of Identity and State Practice
1st Edition
Edited
By Ahmad Ghouri
October 23, 2025
Pakistan and International Law: Dynamics of Identity and State Practice offers a pioneering exploration of Pakistan’s evolving relationship with international law. Framed through the lens of state identity, this volume critically examines how Pakistan, as a post-colonial and Muslim-majority ...