Podcast - Himal Southasian (Page 7)

Southasia Review of Books podcast #06: Vajra Chandrasekera on writing fantasy and science fiction from Sri Lanka

A conversation with the Colombo-based writer Vajra Chandrasekera on the current moment of Southasian speculative fiction

By The Editors

/ 15 Jul 2024

Southasia Review of Books podcast #06: Vajra Chandrasekera on writing fantasy and science fiction from Sri Lanka

State of Southasia #06: Harsh Mander on fighting the Hindu right’s project of hate in India

The peace activist Harsh Mander says that hate crimes against Muslims that the Modi regime allowed and incentivised in its first two terms will not abate only because of the BJP’s recent electoral setback

By The Editors

/ 1 Jul 2024

State of Southasia #06: Harsh Mander on fighting the Hindu right’s project of hate in India

Southasia Review of Books podcast #05: Siddhartha Deb on India’s macabre new realities

A conversation with Siddhartha Deb on recording the histories of India’s present and the dystopian futures of climate crisis and authoritarianism in his fiction and nonfiction

By The Editors

/ 17 Jun 2024

Southasia Review of Books podcast #05: Siddhartha Deb on India’s macabre new realities

State of Southasia #05: Laxmi Murthy on journalism in crisis across Southasia

Journalist and editor Laxmi Murthy examines the stark deterioration of media independence and freedom of expression in Southasia, and its implications for elections and democracies

By The Editors

/ 3 Jun 2024

State of Southasia #05: Laxmi Murthy on journalism in crisis across Southasia

Southasia Review of Books Podcast #04: Sumana Roy on literature from the Southasian provinces

In her latest book ‘Provincials’, Sumana Roy explores how writings from the peripheries offers an alternative portrait of the modern Subcontinent

By The Editors

/ 20 May 2024

Southasia Review of Books Podcast #04: Sumana Roy on literature from the Southasian provinces

State of Southasia #04: Counting the costs of another historic heatwave as Southasia braces for a scorching summer

Chandni Singh, an environmental social scientist, talks about why the extreme heat facing the Subcontinent this summer is unlike the heat of the past, and how we are entering a new regime of risk

By The Editors

/ 6 May 2024

State of Southasia #04: Counting the costs of another historic heatwave as Southasia braces for a scorching summer

Southasia Review of Books Podcast #03: Taha Kehar on Southasian mystery novels and capturing Karachi in literature

A conversation with Taha Kehar on his latest novel ‘No Funeral for Nazia’, Pakistan’s publishing scene, bending the Southasian mystery genre, and more

By The Editors

/ 22 Apr 2024

Southasia Review of Books Podcast #03: Taha Kehar on Southasian mystery novels and capturing Karachi in literature

State of Southasia #03: Aakar Patel on the unprecedented threats to India’s election

Political commentator Aakar Patel compares the Modi government’s crackdown on the opposition to the managed elections in Pakistan and Bangladesh

By The Editors

/ 8 Apr 2024

State of Southasia #03: Aakar Patel on the unprecedented threats to India’s election

Southasian Conversation: The costs of Reliance's wildlife ambitions

A conversation with M D Madhusudan, Shibani Ghosh and M Rajshekhar

By The Editors

/ 5 Apr 2024

Southasian Conversation: The costs of Reliance's wildlife ambitions

Southasia Review of Books podcast #02: Smriti Ravindra on exploring the Madhesi identity in the literary imagination of Nepal

A conversation with the author Smriti Ravindra on her debut novel ‘The Woman Who Climbed Trees’, and how it sheds light on the long-ignored topic of the Madhesi experience, particularly that of women

By The Editors

/ 25 Mar 2024

Southasia Review of Books podcast #02: Smriti Ravindra on exploring the Madhesi identity in the literary imagination of Nepal

State of Southasia #02: Ayesha Siddiqa on Pakistan’s stormy election and its message for the military

Political and military analyst Ayesha Siddiqa discusses the support for Imran Khan in Pakistan’s recent election, the formation of a new government under Shebaz Sharif and growing public disaffection with the military

By The Editors

/ 11 Mar 2024

State of Southasia #02: Ayesha Siddiqa on Pakistan’s stormy election and its message for the military

Southasia Review of Books podcast #01: V V Ganeshananthan on women's writing on the Sri Lankan civil war

A conversation with novelist V V Ganeshananthan about the books that define her latest novel ‘Brotherless Night’ and women’s writing on Sri Lanka’s long history of anti-Tamil violence

By The Editors

/ 26 Feb 2024

Southasia Review of Books podcast #01: V V Ganeshananthan on women's writing on the Sri Lankan civil war