Indian Ocean
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Why Sri Lanka keeps missing its maritime moment
A reproduced news-report extract, source not named, on why Sri Lanka, despite sitting on busy shipping lanes, remains largely a transhipment hub, with over 80 per cent of cargo moved…
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Baloch, Aboriginal, and Beyond: Tracing Forgotten Lineages & Evolving Identities
Prompted by a family-history article by Sabah Rind, the author traces a Baloch-Aboriginal-Malay lineage as a product of Indian Ocean migration and trade. He argues ancestry is more layered than…
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How Buddhism spread in Asia and lessons for the Modern World
Starting from a map of Buddhism’s spread, the author calls it India’s best demonstration of soft power, then speculates on why the Hindi belt produces religions, and argues India would…
