Michael Kugelman is the writer of Foreign Policy’s weekly South Asia Brief and a senior fellow for South Asia at the Atlantic Council. An analyst of the region for nearly two decades, he previously directed the South Asia Institute at the Wilson Center.
A view from the ground and pointed up to the sky shows an Indian flag fluttering atop a flagpole, backlit by the sun. Above and behind it are the blades of a wind turbine. The sky above is a slightly hazy blue, with a few fluffy white clouds inching in from the corner.
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk looks at graffiti on the walls of the Dhaka University campus in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Oct. 29.
Members and supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party offer sweets to one another as they smile and celebrate the BJP's lead in the vote-counting for Haryana's state elections. They hold a green and orange BJP flag that features a lotus. One man holds up a peace sign.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party activists, holding pictures of leader Imran Khan and flags, take part in a public rally on the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan.
An Afghan man is seen from the side as he walks down the street selling Taliban flags, which hang from wooden poles slung over his soldier. Traffic barriers and trees are visible along the side of the road.
