Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction: After the Colony -- 2.Bangladesh: Men in Black -- 3.India: Brutal Encounters -- 4.Nepal: The Royal Army -- 5.Pakistan: Agents of the State -- 6.Sri Lanka: White Vans -- 7.State Terror in Post-Colonial South Asia -- 8.Specialists on Violence -- 9.International System of State Terror -- 10.A Note from the Torture Chamber.