Podcast - Himal Southasian (Page 3)

Umesh Moramudali on Southasia and the Trump tariffs: State of Southasia #28

The economist discusses the impact of proposed US tariffs on exports, balance of payments and debt in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and other Southasian countries

By The Editors

/ 21 Jul 2025

Umesh Moramudali on Southasia and the Trump tariffs: State of Southasia #28

Alina Gufran on millennial precarity and unbelonging in urban India: Southasia Review of Books podcast #28

Alina Gufran’s ‘No Place to Call My Own’ seethes with a quiet anger of our times, where a young woman struggles with her own sense of self and belonging, and the restless anxieties of adulthood in urban India

By The Editors

/ 14 Jul 2025

Alina Gufran on millennial precarity and unbelonging in urban India: Southasia Review of Books podcast #28

Samina Luthfa on the battles of women in a new Bangladesh: State of Southasia #27

The sociologist and gender expert discusses violence against women, the invisibilisation of women leaders and their tussle with Islamist conservatives

By The Editors

/ 7 Jul 2025

Samina Luthfa on the battles of women in a new Bangladesh: State of Southasia #27

Vauhini Vara on big tech and our digital selves: Southasia Review of Books podcast #27

A conversation with the tech journalist and writer Vauhini Vara on the ways in which human language can be used to serve our purposes, independent from, and in opposition to, the goals of powerful big tech companies

By The Editors

/ 30 Jun 2025

A close-up photo of a laptop screen displaying the ChatGPT website by OpenAI. The screen shows the headline “ChatGPT: Optimiz

Christophe Jaffrelot on the Emergency and India 50 years later: State of Southasia #26

The political scientist delves into the complexity and contradictions of the Emergency, and examines its legacy

By The Editors

/ 23 Jun 2025

Christophe Jaffrelot on the Emergency and India 50 years later: State of Southasia #26

Jerry Pinto on inclusive storytelling: Southasia Review of Books podcast #26

A conversation with the renowned writer and editor Jerry Pinto on Bollywood and the nation-state, the art of translation, and lessons of a life in literature and teaching

By The Editors

/ 16 Jun 2025

A black-and-white photo of Jerry Pinto in a white shirt holding a microphone and gesturing emphatically with his arm extended

JJ Robinson on how Mohamed Muizzu’s Maldives is “a free-for-all kleptocracy”: State of Southasia #25

The journalist says that, despite some development, the Maldives’ political culture under Muizzu is one of corporatised corruption, political intimidation and control through gangs.

By The Editors

/ 9 Jun 2025

Mohamed Muizzu stands behind a wooden podium with the Maldives behind him on the right at his oath-taking ceremony as preside

Muslim Life – and Death – in Modi’s India: A podcast with Harsh Mander

The peace activist Harsh Mander hosts conversations on Indian Muslim history and experience amid a crisis of Islamophobia and anti-minority hatred fuelled by the rise of the Hindu Right

By The Editors

/ 2 Jun 2025

Muslim Life – and Death – in Modi’s India: A podcast with Harsh Mander

The peace activist Harsh Mander hosts conversations on Indian Muslim history and experience amid a crisis of Islamophobia and anti-minority hatred fuelled by the rise of the Hindu Right

By The Editors

/ 2 Jun 2025

Aruni Kashyap on stories of queer and displaced lives from Assam: Southasia Review of Books podcast #25

A conversation with the Assamese writer Aruni Kashyap on crafting stories on love, resistance and belonging set against the long shadow of violence in India’s Northeast

By The Editors

/ 2 Jun 2025

Two men stand face to face under a rainbow pride flag at a Pride Parade in Guwahati, Assam. One of them wears a plaid shirt w

Vidya Krishnan on how India's politics magnified its Covid-19 death toll: State of Southasia #24

As India reveals massive undercounting of coronavirus deaths, a health journalist reminds us of the pandemic’s horrors and the Modi government’s terrible decisions that cost millions of lives

By The Editors

/ 26 May 2025

Vidya Krishnan on how India's politics magnified its Covid-19 death toll: State of Southasia #24

Thomas Bell on a walking history of the Himalayan landscape: Southasia Review of Books podcast #24

A conversation with the journalist Thomas Bell on his latest book, ‘Human Nature’, and the social, cultural and natural history of people’s lives in the Himalayan environment

By The Editors

/ 19 May 2025

Thomas Bell on a walking history of the Himalayan landscape: Southasia Review of Books podcast #24