Obedience is no longer preached. It is processed. Delhi, April 2026. Power in South Asia rarely introduces itself as force. It prefers other entry points: …
Asha Kapoor
Asha Kapoor
Asha Kapoor, South Asia affairs columnist at Phoenix24. Specialist in religious nationalism, gendered surveillance, and narrative power in the digital age.
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Power now arrives through belonging systems. New Delhi, April 2026 South Asia is no longer governed only through laws, parties, armies, or priests. It is …
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Faith is being recoded as infrastructure. New Delhi, April 2026 South Asia is no longer governed only through laws, police power or electoral majorities. It …
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New Delhi, September 2025. In South Asia, the state is no longer content with ruling through institutions, parties, or bureaucracies alone. It now rules through …
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On the map of South Asia, borders are no longer lines; they are prayers. And those prayers, written in code and recited by machines, divide …
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Borders of Faith: Drones, Deities, and the New Digital Wall of the Himalayas
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Asha Kapoor
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Asha Kapoor
When religion becomes border software, the Himalayas are no longer a sanctuary—they are a state-sanctioned firewall of faith. Delhi, August 2025 —In the unseen altitudes of …