Justice and Security Research Programme

LSE’s engagement with South Asia

• IMF and Recent Fiscal Performance in Sri Lanka
  With a new, Left-of-Centre government in place, Sri Lanka has successfully stabilised its political offices. But what about the economy, still bearing the weight of strict regulations imposed by IMF bailouts? Tharindu Udayanga Kamburawala evaluates the fiscal performance of some recent IMF programs.   Over the past two decades, Sri Lanka’s economic trajectory has been […]
• Narrativising India’s Constitution: Where Dalit Experientiality meets Theory
  The Constitution of India, guaranteeing rights and privileges to all citizens without discrimination, faced criticism from some who saw it as a break in India’s civilisational continuity. Prashant Kumar uses ‘hierarchical suggestivity’ to argue how and why the text’s anchoring in universal  equality was unacceptable to some of its own citizens.    The stalwart figure of […]