Comment - Himal Southasian (Page 24)

To Modi, with love

The haunting fear that someone, somewhere may be enjoying Pahlaj Nihalani's nationalist agitprop.

By Shubhanga Pandey

/ 17 Nov 2015

Ethnic groups, the military and ‘the Lady’

Given the poor showing by ethic political parties in the 2015 election, what next for the peace process?

By Ashley South

/ 17 Nov 2015

Ethnic groups, the military and ‘the Lady’

History and the birangona

The ethics of representing narratives of sexual violence of the 1971 Bangladesh war.

By Nayanika Mookherjee

/ 9 Nov 2015

The stubborn regime

2015 elections in Burma will be neither historic nor consequential.

By Maung Zarni

/ 6 Nov 2015

Burma Elections 2015

A web series on the 2015 Burmese elections, in collaboration with Democratic Voice of Burma.

By The Editors

/ 6 Nov 2015

The Machiavellis of Malé

How the politics of vengeance in the Maldives is destroying its democracy.

By Daniel Bosley

/ 5 Nov 2015

Bangali bideshe

A West Bengali’s perspective of the Bangladeshi diaspora.

By Garga Chatterjee

/ 19 Oct 2015

Kunduz attack

Given the long history of deadly airstrikes in Afghanistan, is the assault on the MSF hospital any different?

By Norah Niland

/ 16 Oct 2015

Arguing ordination

The debate over full ordination of nuns in Tibetan Buddhism remains unsettled.

By Lora Tomas

/ 11 Sep 2015

Uncertain times: Lessons from uneven and unequal access to information during times of crisis

(This article is a part of the web-exclusive series from our latest issue 'Disaster Politics'. More from the print quarterly here.) Two months after the Nepal earthquake of

By Catherine Warner and Pradeep Singh

/ 5 Sep 2015

Uncertain times: Lessons from uneven and unequal access to information during times of crisis

Shelter from the storm

Cyclone preparedness in Bangladesh isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

By Gawher Nayeem Wahra

/ 3 Sep 2015

Conserving continuity: Reconstructing monuments of cultural heritage after Nepal earthquake will need community involvement

(This article is a part of the web-exclusive series from our latest issue 'Disaster Politics'. More from the print quarterly here.) The very first images of the 25

By Kai Weise

/ 2 Sep 2015

Conserving continuity: Reconstructing monuments of cultural heritage after Nepal earthquake will need community involvement