The struggle for Permanent Revolution in South Asia , the n section of the International Committee of the Fourth International . He has written extensively on the politics of the Indian subcontinent and on the national question in Sri Lanka. He made these remarks and the Dear Comrades, The COVID-19 pandemic is surging in South Asia, bringing deadly consequences for nearly the 1.9 billion inhabitants in the region. By May Day last year there were about 50,000 coronavirus cases and nearly 2,000 deaths from the pandemic in South Asia. Within one year, the number of infections has increased to a staggering 19 million and more, an increase by 380 times, with over 230,000 deaths, an increase by 115 times.