This week in Himal
Estelle Vasudevan writes about her journey into sports journalism, which mirrors the rise of the Sri Lankan women’s cricket team, despite shortfalls in funding and
The sports journalist discusses the lazy marketing of ICC Women’s World Cup, pay disparities between men and women cricketers and the change to the game in recent years
The success of Chamari Athapaththu and Sri Lanka’s women’s cricket team is showing a new generation of girls where their dreams can take them, and opening doors to women in media and other adjacent fields
At our edit meeting this Wednesday, we debated what should be highlighted as the main story in this newsletter. Should we talk about the broader implications of Sonam Wangchuk’s
With India's women's cricket team aiming for a first World Cup victory, the tournament could finally make the women’s game central to the country’s sporting culture
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
The Border-Gavaskar series between India and Australia matters far beyond cricket alone and can update Australian views of Southasia and the Southasian diaspora – if the country cares to pay attention
The best fast bowler India has ever produced, Bumrah also stands out for his sobriety and self-effacement in an Indian men’s team steeped in individualism and hyper-masculinity, as well as in a political era of unabashed bigotry
(This article is part of our special series Unmasking Southasia: The pandemic issue. You can read the editorial note to the series here.)
The pace at which it shut down
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, international cricket resumed on 8 July 2020, when the England men's cricket team took the field with West Indies in a test match at
