As the humanitarian crisis of the Rohingya has focused attention on Myanmar, Himal Southasian is making its special issue on Myanmar publicly available in the interests of an informed debate
A new book exposes the myths behind India's 'growth miracle', and looks for ways out of the ecological and social devastation of the current neoliberal model.
The speckled marble tiles sprawl underneath black metallic chairs, which hold a few bored-looking passengers. This way to the immigration, says one sign. Another warns that littering will cost you
Afghanistan now has the honour of being the first country of the region to have its own remake of The Office, the hit UK TV series that has inspired copycat
S Thavaratnam, chairman of the Jaffna District Fishermen's Cooperative Society Unions Federation, played a significant role in unionising fishermen in northern Sri Lanka, starting in the mid-1970s. At
The flood that inundated Sindh beginning in the first week of August left hundreds of villages and scores of towns in 21 out of the 23 districts of the province
After years of refusing to become tied to the strings attached to IMF monies, Sri Lanka has agreed to a massive new loan. But will it be enough to lift the economy from its current morass?
There is Old Delhi, the ancient city by the Jamuna; and there is New Delhi, built by Lutyens and the capital of the Raj, just in time to be intercepted
Afghanistan's opium economy has been called the most serious problem facing the country today. President Hamid Karzai has long warned that either "we destroy the problem or
