Himal Southasian
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Himal Southasian is Southasia's first and only review magazine of politics and culture. Stretching from Afghanistan to Burma, from Tibet to the Maldives, this region of more than 1.4 billion people shares great swathes of interlocking geography, culture and history.
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Prabir Purkayastha’s fight against two Emergencies in India – under Modi and Indira Gandhi New books by the imprisoned founding editor of NewsClick trace his personal and political journey across two grim periods, and weave in insightful critique of science and technology ..read more
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Political and military analyst Ayesha Siddiqa discusses the support for Imran Khan in Pakistan’s recent election, the formation of a new government under Shebaz Sharif and growing public disaffection with the military ..read more
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The ethical and legal violations of the Oscar-nominated ‘To Kill a Tiger’: The Canadian documentary chronicles the fight for justice after a 13-year-old girl was gang-raped in Jharkhand, but its reckless approach violates India’s Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act ..read more
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Sri Lanka’s Online Safety Act brings it a step closer to Buddhist theocracy: political monks have been clamouring for a blasphemy law, and the sacral component of the oppressive Online Safety Act gives the Sinhala Buddhist clergy the weapon it wanted ..read more
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Summary: Chinese scholars have critically examined Southasian languages and literature for decades, and more recently have looked towards the region for its own economic development. Yet, too many scholars of Southasia in China rely on second-hand research ..read more