Inequalities in South Asia - Part 1

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Annual Conference of the Sciences Po South Asia Program December 15 and 16, 2025 15 December Protest and conflicts Chair: Christophe Jaffrelot (CERI-SciencesPo/CNRS) Mirza M. Hassan, BRAC University The July Popular Upsurge in Bangladesh: The Class and Political Inequalities at Work? Gameela Samarasinghe, Colombo University Inequality, Injustice, and Power Imbalances as Root Causes of Suffering in Sri Lanka - Exploring Psychosocial Responses to Crises. Gender Chair: Laurent Gayer (CERI-SciencesPo/CNRS) Farah Said, Lahore University of Management Studies Gender Norms and the Dynamics of Agency and Power within Households in Pakistan Kamala Marius, Université Bordeaux Montaigne and SciencesPo Bordeaux Rethinking Women’s Work and Gender Inequalities in Globalized India Regions Chair: Loraine Kennedy (CESAH-EHESS/CNRS) Mahendran Thiruvarangan, Jaffna University Ethnically Unequal: The Northern Muslims of Sri Lanka during the Post-war Years Kalaiyarasan A., Madras Institute of Development Studies The Political Economy of Regional Inequality and Fiscal Transfer in India Class Sonalde Desai, University of Maryland and NCAER Class of Mind? Subjective and Objective Dimensions of the Middle-Class Status in Modern India Shandana Mohmand, IDS, Sussex University The Political Economy of Progressive Tax Reform: Experimental Evidence from Pakistan