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Putting the year in perspective, editor Roman Gautam and the hosts of Himal’s podcasts take a look back at the highlights, stories and episodes that shaped an extraordinary and challenging year December is nearly over, and 2025 is just around the corner, so we’re bringing you a very special episode where Himal’s editor Roman Gautam and podcast host…
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State of Southasia #15: Sana Batool on anti-Shia violence in Pakistan
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On 21 November, a deadly attack targeted a convoy of Shia Muslims traveling from Parachinar to Peshawar in Pakistan’s Kurram district, a region with a long history of sectarian violence. The convoy, consisting of over 100 vehicles, was ambushed by Sunni extremists on the Tal Parachinar Road, a crucial lifeline for the Shia-majority area. Despite be…
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Southasia Review of Books podcast #13: Tariq Ali on a life in writing and dissent
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In his new memoir, spanning the 1980s and the present, the renowned writer and activist reflects on neoliberalism in the West and turmoil in Southasia, and fiercely critiques the War on Terror and the crimes of Israel: https://www.himalmag.com/podcast/writing-dissent-activism-southasia-palestine-revolutions-memoir-tariq-ali We’re on a mission to gi…
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State of Southasia #14: Patricia Mukhim on Manipur’s unending crisis
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Manipur has been mired in an ethnic and political conflict since May 2023, primarily involving violent clashes between the Meitei community, which predominantly resides in the Imphal Valley, and the Kuki-Zomi-Hmars, which are tribal communities mostly living in the state's hilly areas. The violence, fueled by longstanding ethnic tensions, has resul…
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Southasia Review of Books podcast #12: Ari Gautier on the dark side of Pondicherry
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Welcome to the Southasia Review of Books Podcast from Himal Southasian, where we speak to celebrated authors and emerging literary voices from across Southasia. In this episode, Shwetha Srikanthan, associate editor at Himal Southasian, speaks to Ari Gautier on his new short story collection, Nocturne Pondicherry, translated from the French by Roopa…
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State of Southasia #13: Pankaj Sekhsaria on India’s Great Nicobar misadventure
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In September, India’s home minister Amit Shah suddenly announced a name change for the capital of the union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands – from Port Blair to Sri Vijaya Puram. He said the move was meant to “free the nation from the colonial imprints”. But surprised residents of the islands were not entirely happy with the new name that …
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Southasia Review of Books podcast #11: Sex, scandal and the death of a poet in 1970s Karachi
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In this episode, Shwetha Srikanthan, associate editor at Himal Southasian, speaks to the journalists Saba Imtiaz and Tooba Masood-Khan about their new book Society Girl: A Tale of Sex, Lies, and Scandal (October 2024, Roli Books). On one October morning in 1970, phones began ringing all over Karachi. The established poet and former civil servant Mu…
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State of Southasia #12: Hurmat Ali Shah on Pashtuns and the Pakistani state
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In January 2018, Naqeebullah Mehsud, a young Pashtun from Waziristan was killed at the hands of police in Karachi. The incident triggered mass protests by Pashtuns, the ethnic community to which Mehsud belonged, which then consolidated into the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM). Pashtuns had for decades alleged and protested extra judicial killings an…
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Southasia Review of Books podcast #10: Zara Chowdhary on ‘The Lucky Ones’ and surviving the violence of the 2002 Gujarat pogrom
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Welcome to the Southasia Review of Books Podcast from Himal Southasian, where we speak to celebrated authors and emerging literary voices from across Southasia. In this episode, Shwetha Srikanthan, associate editor at Himal Southasian, speaks to the writer, producer, and educator Zara Chowdhary, joining us from Madison, to talk about her memoir, Th…
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State of Southasia #11: Jyoti Rahman on rebuilding democracy in Bangladesh
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In mid-October, the Bangladesh interim government announced the cancellation of eight national holidays introduced by Sheikh Hasina during her tenure as prime minister. These holidays celebrated her father and former president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as well as Bangladesh’s liberation from Pakistan in 1971. An adviser to the interim government headed…
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SaRB #09: Geetanjali Shree and Daisy Rockwell on ‘Our City That Year’
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Geetanjali Shree’s Our City That Year, translated by Daisy Rockwell (Penguin India, August 2024), is a tale of a city under siege, reflecting a society that lies fractured along fault lines of faith and ideology. First published in 1998, Our City That Year is loosely based on the communal riots and violence in the lead-up to the demolition of the B…
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State of Southasia #10: Ambika Satkunanathan on the landmark political shift in Sri Lanka
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In 2019, Anura Kumara Dissanayake contested Sri Lanka’s presidential election against the incumbent Gotabaya Rajapaksa. He won only three percent of the vote. In the parliamentary elections a year later, the National People’s power – the coalition that includes Dissanayake’s party, the Janata Vimukti Peramuna – won only three seats. The JVP was dis…
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State of Southasia #09: Anna M M Vetticad on the gender reckoning in Malayalam cinema
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On 19 August, the government of the Indian state of Kerala released 233 pages of a report on gender discrimination in the Malayalam language film industry based in the state. The government released the report six years after it was commissioned and more than four years after it was first submitted. The report has come to be called the Hema Committ…
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SaRB #08: The Afghan women writers who bore witness to the fall of Kabul
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In the three years since its return to power, the Taliban have excluded women and girls from almost every aspect of public life in Afghanistan, denying them access to education, employment, even speaking or showing their faces outside their homes. Published this August, My Dear Kabul: A Year in the Life of An Afghan Women’s Writing Group (Coronet, …
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State of Southasia #08: Kate Clark on how Afghans are coping after three years of Taliban rule
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On 21 August, Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers formally issued “vice and virtue” laws codifying rules of lifestyle and behaviour, entrenching their control over social interactions and the private lives of people in the country. Unsurprisingly, the strictest measures relate to the dress and demeanour of women. The laws say that Muslim women must cover …
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Southasia Review of Books podcast #7: Neha Dixit
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Welcome to the Southasia Review of Books Podcast from Himal Southasian, where we speak to celebrated authors and emerging literary voices from across Southasia. In this episode, Shwetha Srikanthan, assistant editor at Himal Southasian, speaks to Neha Dixit about her debut non-fiction book The Many Lives of Syeda X: The Story of an Unknown Indian. N…
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State of Southasia #07: Ali Riaz on Bangladesh’s mass protests
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In this episode of ‘State of Southasia’, Nayantara Narayanan speaks to Ali Riaz, distinguished professor at Illinois State University, who studies democratisation, violent extremism, political Islam, and Southasian and Bangladeshi politics. Riaz details how, after the government displayed absolute disregard for people’s lives, it has further lost l…
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Southasia Review of Books podcast #06: Vajra Chandrasekera
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Welcome to the Southasia Review of Books Podcast from Himal Southasian, where we speak to celebrated authors and emerging literary voices from across Southasia. In this episode, Shwetha Srikanthan, assistant editor at Himal Southasian, speaks to the Colombo-based author Vajra Chandrasekera about his debut novel 'The Saint of Bright Doors' (July 202…
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State of Southasia #06: Harsh Mander on fighting the Hindu right’s social project of hate in India
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In this episode of State of Southasia, assistant editor Nayantara Narayanan speaks to Harsh Mander, the peace activist and founder of Karwan-e-Mohabbat, a campaign in solidarity with victims of communal or religious violence.Mander says that over the past decade the Modi regime has normalised, legitimised, valourised and incentivised hate to such a…
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Screen Southasia: Q/A on 'Split Ends' with filmmaker Rajan Kathet
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At Screen Southasia, we host monthly online screenings of compelling documentaries from the region, including Nepal, India, Kashmir, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Tibet, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Maldives and Sri Lanka. We present a diverse range of films, both classic and new, that showcase the unique cultures, histories and perspectives of Southasia.…
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Southasia Review of Books podcast #05: Siddhartha Deb on India’s macabre new realities
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Welcome to the Southasia Review of Books Podcast from Himal Southasian, where we speak to celebrated authors and emerging literary voices from across Southasia. In this episode, Shwetha Srikanthan, assistant editor at Himal Southasian, speaks to Siddhartha Deb about his novel 'The Light at the End of the World' and his latest book, 'Twilight Prison…
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Himal Fiction Fest 2024: The future of Southasian Fiction in Translation
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Welcome to the second edition of the Himal Fiction Fest, where we celebrated Southasian fiction in translation. Southasia’s rich literary tradition spans hundreds of languages, cultures, regions and traditions – and translators play a vital role in bringing these works the exposure and recognition they deserve, and connect. To kick off the festival…
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State of Southasia #05: Journalism in crisis across Southasia
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In this episode of State of Southasia, Nayantara Narayanan speaks to Laxmi Murthy, a senior journalist and the editor of the report, about the important role of the media and the struggles of journalists working in crisis conditions in an especially important year for the region, when several countries in Southasia are holding elections. (Disclosur…
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Southasia Review of Books Podcast #04: Sumana Roy on literature from the Southasian provinces
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Welcome to the Southasia Review of Books Podcast from Himal Southasian, where we speak to celebrated authors and emerging literary voices from across Southasia. In this episode, Shwetha Srikanthan, assistant editor at Himal Southasian, speaks to the Siliguri-based poet, writer and essayist Sumana Roy about her latest book 'Provincials: Postcards fr…
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State of Southasia #04: Counting the costs of another historic heatwave in Southasia
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Extreme heat has immense economic and social impacts in Southasia, an area that is most vulnerable to heat, that is densely populated, and that has a large numbers of people living in poverty. Research says that extreme heat is here to stay and will likely only get worse. An analysis of the 2022 heatwave across India and Pakistan showed that human-…
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Southasia Review of Books Podcast #03: Taha Kehar on Southasian mystery novels
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Welcome to the Southasia Review of Books Podcast from Himal Southasian, where we speak to celebrated authors and emerging literary voices from across Southasia. In this episode, Shwetha Srikanthan, assistant editor at Himal Southasian, speaks to the Karachi-based author Taha Kehar about his latest novel No Funeral for Nazia. https://www.himalmag.co…
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State of Southasia #03: Aakar Patel on the unprecedented threats to India’s election
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Over the last many decades, India has taken pride in an election process that, while allowing close to a billion people to exercise their franchise, has always been largely free and fair. However, Narendra Modi’s government has taken a series of actions that have called the sanctity of the country's 2024 general elections into question. This includ…
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Southasian Conversation: The costs of Reliance's wildlife ambitions
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This Southasian Conversation looks at the costs of Reliance's wildlife ambitions, featuring conservationist M D Madhusudan, environmental lawyer Shibani Ghosh and journalist M Rajshekhar in conversation with Roman Gautam, Editor of Himal Southasian.Led by Anant Ambani and supported by the Indian government, the Reliance conglomerate’s effort to she…
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Southasia Review of Books Podcast #02: Smriti Ravindra on ‘The Woman Who Climbed Trees’
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Welcome to the Southasia Review of Books Podcast from Himal Southasian, where we speak to celebrated authors and emerging literary voices from across Southasia. In this episode, Shwetha Srikanthan, assistant editor at Himal Southasian, speaks to the author Smriti Ravindra about her debut novel 'The Woman Who Climbed Trees' and the representation of…
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State of Southasia #02: Ayesha Siddiqa on Pakistan’s election and its message for the military
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In this episode of State of Southasia, Nayantara Narayanan speaks to Ayesha Siddiqa, a political and military analyst from Pakistan and currently a senior fellow at the department of war studies at King’s College in London. Siddiqa is also the author of Military Inc, a revelatory book about the Pakistan military’s economic activities and their fall…
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Southasia Review of Books Podcast #01: V V Ganeshananthan on Brotherless Night
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Welcome to the Southasia Review of Books Podcast from Himal Southasian, where we speak to celebrated authors and emerging literary voices from across Southasia. In this episode, the novelist V V Ganeshananthan joins host Shwetha Srikanthan, assistant editor at Himal Southasian, to talk about the books that define her latest novel, Brotherless Night…
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SCREEN SOUTHASIA: Q/A session on 'Demons in Paradise' with Jude Ratnam
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At Screen Southasia, we host monthly online screenings of compelling documentaries from the region, including Nepal, India, Kashmir, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Tibet, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Maldives and Sri Lanka. We present a diverse range of films, both classic and new, that showcase the unique cultures, histories and perspectives of Southasia.…
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State of Southasia #01: Anand Patwardhan on the Ram Mandir and the long life of the ‘Ram ke naam’
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On 22 January 2024, as India’s prime minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new Ram temple in Ayodhya, a 32-year old film was recirculated across India on social media platforms. Many Indians felt the need to watch and share the documentary Ram ke naam made by Anand Parwardhan in 1990. The film captured the mobilisation of hundreds of Hindu activis…
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INTERVIEW: Unpacking India’s caste census
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Anil Varghese and Nawal Kishore Kumar discuss Bihar’s caste survey and its implications for affirmative actionIn October 2023, the chief minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar, released the results of a caste survey of his state – a landmark development given that India has not had a comprehensive count of its caste composition since 1931, and pushed thro…
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Podcast: Cracks in the INDIA alliance, Pakistan accuses India of targeted assassinations, and more
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Southasiasphere is our roundup of news events and analysis of regional affairs, out every two weeks. If you are a member, you will automatically receive links to new episodes in your inbox. We are in the process of upgrading and improving our podcast offerings, including experimenting with different formats. We will continue to bring you news and a…
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Southasiasphere 20 Jan: India out of Maldives, elections in Bangladesh and Bhutan and more
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Southasiasphere is our roundup of news events and analysis of regional affairs, now out every two weeks. If you are a member, you will automatically receive links to new episodes in your inbox. In this episode, we talk about escalating tensions between the Maldives and India, national elections in Bangladesh and Bhutan, justice for Bilkis Bano and …
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INTERVIEW: India and Israel’s deepening ties and the implications for Southasia
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Israel’s brutal bombardment of Gaza has killed over 20,000 Palestinians and wounded more than 50,000 others since the 7 October attack by Hamas.While India strongly condemned the attack and expressed solidarity with Israel, India recently voted in favour of several draft resolutions in the United Nations that criticised Israel’s conduct in Gaza and…
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Southasiasphere 6 Jan: India’s hit and run law, the launch of XPoSAT, and more
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January 2024 - Updates and analysis from around the regionSouthasiasphere is our roundup of news events and analysis of regional affairs, now out every two weeks. If you are a member, you will automatically receive links to new episodes in your inbox. In this episode, we talk about truckers protesting India’s proposed hit and run laws, Pakistan’s E…
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Southasiasphere 25 Dec: INDIA Opposition MPs suspended, Imran Khan’s virtual rally and more
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December 2023 - Updates and analysis from around the regionSouthasiasphere is our roundup of news events and analysis of regional affairs, now out every two weeks. If you are a member, you will automatically receive links to new episodes in your inbox.In this episode, we talk about flooding in Tamil Nadu, the mass suspension of India’s opposition M…
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INTERVIEW: COP28, the transition from fossil fuels and the Loss and Damage fund
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The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, more commonly known as COP28, was held from 30 November to 12 December in Dubai. This year the main focus was global progress on the Paris Agreement, a crucial legally binding climate change deal signed by the parties in 2015. For Southasia, the conference was primarily about finding financial assi…
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Himal Interviews: Bangladesh’s one-sided parliamentary elections, crackdown on political opposition
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Bangladesh’s parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held on 7 January. In the run up to the elections, there have been escalating protests led by the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party calling for Bangladesh’s prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, to resign and transfer power to a non-partisan caretaker government to ensure a free and fair elect…
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Southasiasphere 4 Dec: Uttar Pradesh’s halal ban, Myanmar’s armed groups expose junta’s weakness
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December 2023 - Updates and analysis from around the regionSouthasiasphere is our roundup of news events and analysis of regional affairs, now out every two weeks. If you are a member, you will automatically receive links to new episodes in your inbox.In this episode, we talk about Uttar Pradesh’s halal ban, Myanmar’s armed groups exposing the weak…
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Southasiasphere 17 Nov: Armed groups challenge Myanmar’s military junta, Sri Lanka’s 2024 budget
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Southasiasphere is our roundup of news events and analysis of regional affairs, now out every two weeks. If you are a member, you will automatically receive links to new episodes in your inbox.In this episode, we talk about armed groups challenging the military junta across Chin, Shan and Rakhine states, Sri Lanka’s budget for 2024, the collapse of…
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Southasiasphere 5 Nov: Digital surveillance of Indian opposition, Nawaz Sharif’s return, and more
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Southasiasphere is our roundup of news events and analysis of regional affairs, now out every two weeks. If you are a member, you will automatically receive links to new episodes in your inbox. In this episode, we talk about Apple’s alerts warning of potential state-sponsored cyberattacks targeting Indian opposition leaders and journalists, an expl…
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Southasiasphere, 22 Oct: Fresh scrutiny on Adani group, Afghan refugees in Pakistan face deportation
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Southasiasphere is our roundup of news events and analysis of regional affairs, now out every two weeks. In this episode, we talk about fresh scrutiny on the Adani group in the wake of recent reporting, Pakistan’s deportation order impacting Afghan refugees, the release of two rights activists in Bangladesh on bail, China replacing the name ‘Tibet’…
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Southasiasphere 4 Oct 2023: Delhi Police raid on Newsclick, elections in the Maldives, and more
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In this episode, we talk about the Delhi Police raid on the office of the Indian news outlet Newsclick as well as numerous journalists’ homes; and debates around delimitation and the women’s reservation bill in India’s parliament. In “Around Southasia in 5 minutes”, we talk about the presidential election results in the Maldives, the reimposition o…
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Southasiasphere, 20 Sep: G20 summit in Delhi, new allegations on the Easter Sunday bombings
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Southasiasphere is our roundup of news events and analysis of regional affairs, now out every two weeks. If you are a member, you will automatically receive links to new episodes in your inbox. If you are not yet a member, you can still get episode links for free by signing up here.In this episode, we talk about the G20 summit in Delhi and allegati…
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Southasiasphere, 6 September: The Kashmir Walla and media freedom, Bhutan-China boundary talks, more
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Southasiasphere is our roundup of news events and analysis of regional affairs, now out every two weeks. If you are a member, you will automatically receive links to new episodes in your inbox. If you are not yet a member, you can still get episode links for free by signing up here.In this episode, we talk about the blocking of The Kashmir Walla an…
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Southasiasphere, 23 Aug: Elections in the Maldives and Pakistan, economic boycotts in Haryana, more
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Southasiasphere is our roundup of news events and analysis of regional affairs, now out twice a month. If you are a member, you will automatically receive links to the new episodes in your inbox. If you are not yet a member, you can still get it for free by signing up here.In this episode, we talk about upcoming elections in the Maldives and Pakist…
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Southasiasphere, 9 August: The Bajaur bombing, India’s ban on rice exports, and more
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Southasiasphere is our roundup of news events and analysis of regional affairs, now out every two weeks. If you are a member, you will automatically receive links to new episodes in your inbox. If you are not yet a member, you can still get episode links for free by signing up here.In this episode, we talk about the recent suicide bomb attack on a …
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