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
Building on an inclusive Dravidian politics, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam has provided leadership to the opposition alliance countering the Bharatiya Janata Party, and Tamil Nadu has shown a better path for India’s development
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This week, as the Indian election approaches a close, Himal published the final two stories in our special series ‘Modi’s India from the Edges’, examining
While India has hosted and rehabilitated exiled Tibetans, it sees Tibet largely as a tool to counter China and its policies have been reactions to the Chinese narrative
Climate change is driving an increase in snakebites and envenomation deaths in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and beyond – and community-driven solutions are leading the fightback
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In the latest story from our special series, ‘Modi’s India from the Edges’, Angshuman Choudhury writes that Modi’s reactive policy on Myanmar keeps India
Over the past decade, India has been slow to realise that Myanmar’s anti-democratic military cannot protect its interests in a country where the majority seeks a federal democratic union
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In the latest story from our special series, ‘Modi’s India from the Edges’, Kamal Ahmed writes that Bangladesh remains wary about Indian prime minister Narendra
After a decade of Modi’s reign in India, people in Bangladesh are angry at their government cosying up to a Hindutva regime in New Delhi and tired of India’s influence in their domestic matters
In ‘Crisis in Sri Lanka and the World’, Asoka Bandarage finds the sources of Sri Lanka’s present crisis and of the people’s struggle of 2022 in colonial underdevelopment and a warped global economic system – but solutions remain elusive
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In the latest story from our special series, ‘Modi’s India from the Edges’, Anuradha Bhasin writes about how Modi's forcible integration of Kashmir
