Podcast - Himal Southasian (Page 8)

Anand Patwardhan on the Ram Mandir and the long life of ‘Ram ke naam’: State of Southasia #01

Documentary filmmaker Anand Patwardhan discusses his 1992 film that captured the first attack on the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya and why it is still relevant more than 30 years later

By Nayantara Narayanan

/ 12 Feb 2024

Anand Patwardhan on the Ram Mandir and the long life of ‘Ram ke naam’: State of Southasia #01

INTERVIEW: Unpacking India’s caste census

Anil Varghese and Nawal Kishore Kumar discuss Bihar’s caste survey and its implications for affirmative action

By The Editors

/ 4 Feb 2024

INTERVIEW: Unpacking India’s caste census

Podcast: Cracks in the INDIA alliance, Pakistan accuses India of targeted assassinations, the detention of an Afghan poet and more

Your Southasia news roundup from 21 Jan - 2 Feb 2024

By The Editors

/ 3 Feb 2024

Podcast: Cracks in the INDIA alliance, Pakistan accuses India of targeted assassinations, the detention of an Afghan poet and more

Podcast: India out of Maldives, elections in Bangladesh and Bhutan, PTI loses election symbol and more

Your Southasia news roundup from 7 - 20 Jan 2024

By The Editors

/ 20 Jan 2024

Podcast: India out of Maldives, elections in Bangladesh and Bhutan, PTI loses election symbol and more

INTERVIEW: India and Israel’s deepening ties and the implications for Southasia

Interview with Rohan Venkat on the defence and economic partnership driving India-Israel relations, and how this is a departure from India’s history of solidarity with Palestine

By The Editors

/ 14 Jan 2024

INTERVIEW: India and Israel’s deepening ties and the implications for Southasia

Podcast: India’s hit and run law, the launch of XPoSAT, Muhammed Yunus convicted for labour law violations and more

Your Southasia news roundup from 24 Dec 2023 - 6 Jan 2024

By The Editors

/ 7 Jan 2024

Podcast: India’s hit and run law, the launch of XPoSAT, Muhammed Yunus convicted for labour law violations and more

Podcast: INDIA Opposition MPs suspended, Imran Khan’s virtual rally, flooding in Tamil Nadu and more

Your Southasia news roundup from 1 - 23 Dec 2023

By The Editors

/ 25 Dec 2023

Podcast: INDIA Opposition MPs suspended, Imran Khan’s virtual rally, flooding in Tamil Nadu and more

INTERVIEW: COP28, the transition from fossil fuels and the Loss and Damage fund

Simon Evans discusses COP28, historical carbon emissions, colonialism and climate change

By The Editors

/ 23 Dec 2023

INTERVIEW: COP28, the transition from fossil fuels and the Loss and Damage fund

Interview: Bangladesh’s one-sided parliamentary elections and the crackdown on political opposition

Anupam Debashis Roy discusses the upcoming election where the Awami League is expected to dominate, despite the Bangladesh Nationalist Party's large rallies calling for a caretaker government for fair elections

By The Editors

/ 18 Dec 2023

Interview: Bangladesh’s one-sided parliamentary elections and the crackdown on political opposition

Interview: Operation 1027 and the growing armed alliance against Myanmar’s junta

Researcher Aung Kaung Myat unpacks the internal dynamics of the complex coalition of armed groups battling for dominance across Myanmar

By The Editors

/ 6 Dec 2023

Interview: Operation 1027 and the growing armed alliance against Myanmar’s junta

Podcast: Uttar Pradesh’s halal ban, Myanmar’s armed groups expose military junta’s weakness, and more

Your Southasia news roundup from 20 Nov - 1 Dec 2023, plus an interview with Aung Kaung Myat on Operation 1027 in Myanmar

By The Editors

/ 4 Dec 2023

Podcast: Uttar Pradesh’s halal ban, Myanmar’s armed groups expose military junta’s weakness, and more

Interview: The precarity of Afghan migrants in Pakistan

Political scientist and author Sanaa Alimia speaks of the long history of racial profiling, harassment and deportation of Afghan migrants, in the context of Pakistan’s recent crackdown

By The Editors

/ 22 Nov 2023

Interview: The precarity of Afghan migrants in Pakistan