Why is there such a paucity in experts in South Asian History in the subreddit compared to say other regions such as East Asia or the Middle East? A lot of the questions about the region's history remained unanswered and the number of questions seem to be much lesser in comparison.
When I click the "South Asia" link on the top of the page (where it says "This Week's Theme is _______"), I don't get any results, even though I can see in the regular overview page that people have flaired their posts with "South Asia." Can the mods check out what's wrong?
Current: South Asia
On Deck: Oceania (Previously run the week of April 17th, 2016)
In the Hole: Labor (Previously run the week of November 27th, 2016)
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Ok I’ll say it: who thinks saying “South Asia” to refer to the Indian subcontinent and its countries is a bit patronising and downright snooty? Why not just call it that, the Indian Subcontinent? All countries in S. Asia are in the subcontinent anyway (except for Afghanistan, but it can be considered Central Asia). Also, what’s wrong with calling SE Asia just Indochina? Nobody ever calls Europe “Western Eurasia”.
What I’m getting at is, what’s the point of stripping these regions of character by referring to them with vague geographical coordinates if better names are available? I understand calling eastern Asia that, “East Asia”, because there isn’t a popular name for the region, but that isn’t the case for the cases I cited above.