… colonial South Asia involving people in today’s nations of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and … of Prof. Mridu Rai; Nayan Chanda, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization; Richard Richie, South and Southeast … Desai (India), A. G. Abbasi (Pakistan), Rahima Chaudhury (Bangladesh), and Nihal C. de Lanerolle (Sri Lanka). SAIM and …