This week in Himal
As the US imposes tariffs on dozens of countries’ exports, Joshua Yang writes that China now sees an opportunity to modify, if not supplant, the current
This week in Himal
This week, Nikita Jain writes about India’s anti-Naxalite drive, Operation Kagar, which has impacted Adivasis in Chhattisgarh, leading to deaths, injuries and a clampdown on
This week in Himal
This week, Zahra Nader writes about the escalating deportations of Afghan refugees in Iran, with Afghans navigating growing hostility, systemic neglect and violence while being forcibly
Unfolding against the backdrop of the #MeToo movement, the 2020 Delhi riots, and a global pandemic, the novel questions what it means to fit in when apathy becomes a mode of survival
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This week, as part of our “Pills, Perils, Profits” investigative series on Southasian pharma, health reporter Vidya Krishnan writes that US aid cuts have exposed the
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This week, Jason Stanley reflects that India’s fascist turn under Hindu nationalist rule has multiple parallels with global fascist tactics and history, including in Nazi
What has Donald Trump’s assault on democracy in the United States borrowed from Narendra Modi’s India? How exactly does the Hindu Right, led by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh,
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This week, Salman Rafi Sheikh writes about the warm reception Pakistan’s army chief received in Washington DC, as the US courts Pakistan as a potential
The Christopher G Moore Foundation has announced an exciting longlist of nine titles for its 2025 prize for Human-Rights Writing, selected from nearly 70 submissions this year
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This week, Burhan Majid writes about how India’s BJP government has weaponised reservations to disempower residents of Kashmir, leaving the union territory’s elected administration
