Table of Contents
September, 2011
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These songs do not dieBy: Namita Gokhale
Could a region as varied as Southasia expect anything other than today’s dizzying cornucopia of literary creations?
The flaw in the crystal
By: Arshia Sattar
In today’s literature of the Subcontinent, there is no escaping mythology – nor should there be.
Fairytale on 12th Main
By: Anjum Hasan
Honeymooning
By: Aziz Sheikh
Asylum
By: Kiran Adhikari
Four poems
By: Hassan Dars
Works by Hassan Dars,* translated from the Sindhi by Mohammad Hanif and Hassan Mujtaba.
Helmand, how calm you flow
By: Bari Jahani
Translated from the Pashto by Mujib Mashal
On official duty
By: Navtej Sarna
In the dark
By: Rabi Thapa
Colours for a landscape held captive
By: Ranjit Hoskote
in memoriam: Agha Shahid Ali (1949-2001)
A plain tale from the hills
By: Richard Simon
Eating bone
By: Shabnam Nadiya
Korbani blues
By: Shazia Omar
Seven lakhs
By: Shehan Karunatilaka
Swaying with the ainselu
By: Weena Pun
The aroma of Ambul Thiyal
By: Lal Medawattegadara
Afghan Women’s Writing Project
If something happens
By: Aruni Kashyap
Commentary
India/Bangladesh: Cement the relationship!Region: IndianAid
Sri Lanka: Rajapakse brinkmanship
Art: ‘Lede (or get outta the way)’
Report
A sorrowful microcosmBy: Ahmed Yusuf
Intractable conflicts at various levels of the polity in Pakistan are being ‘settled’ through violence on the streets of
Karachi.
Silence and sacrifice
By: Iqbal Khattak
Inside the making of a suicide bomber.
Children on the frontlines
By: Thomas Bell
Beyond the dzong
By: Carey L Biron & Travis Lupick
Is Bhutan’s national language losing steam?
Tapestry
What will survive of us is loveBy: Kabita Parajuli
Arpana Caur’s retelling of the legend of Sohni and Mahiwal.
Profile
The prince of FitzroviaBy: Padraig Colman
The Tamil poet Tambimuttu left a defining mark on the literary scene of 1940s London.
Sitar teacher of New York
By: Hani Yousuf
A decade after the attacks of 11 September 2001, how one musician’s experience has changed.
Featured Articles
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People versus wildlife 17 May 2013
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By Nirmal Ghosh |
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Reassessing wildlife conservation policies in India.
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After the flood 7 May 2013
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By Danial Shah |
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The new realities of life for villagers in Hunza Valley who lost their homes and lands to a natural lake following a 2010...
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Disappearing foods 25 April 2013
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A collection of recipes that are fading from the Southasian palette.
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Eat, drink, write 23 April 2013
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By Suman Bolar |
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A food writer dishes on the ins and outs of her profession.
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Brideprice 22 April 2013
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By Manik Bandopadhyay |
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A new translation of Manik Bandopadhyay's ‘Namuna’ by Madhusree Mukerjee.
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Among the believers 19 April 2013
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By Abhishek Choudhary |
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An account from Varanasi, where bhang and thandai struggle to survive the onslaught of LSD and Coca-Cola.
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Behind the crystals 18 April 2013
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By Rituparna Banerjee |
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Capturing the lives of Marakkanam’s salt pan workers
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In search of food sovereignty 17 April 2013
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By K Sandeep |
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Shifting the debate on the Public Distribution System.
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Farms, Feasts, Famines: web-exclusive package 17 April 2013
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Missing connections 8 April 2013
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By Sarandha |
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Girja Kumar’s book on the Indus and the cultures tied to it obscures a tremendous wealth of interconnected histories and...
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No place for picnics 4 April 2013
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By Freny Manecksha |
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Kashmiri women tell their stories of the conflict.
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'I bowled left-arm chinaman' 28 March 2013
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By Jahnavi Barua |
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Shehan Karunatilaka speaks about winning awards, spin bowling, italics in fiction, and much more.
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Romila Thapar addresses invitees at the Southasian relaunch of Himal Southasian, IIC, New Delhi, January 2013. |
The archive: 25 years of Southasia
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China, Southasia and India
On May 19 2013, newly appointed Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in New Delhi for a series of meetings with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The visit is Keqiang's first outside of China since assuming power in March.
From our archive: Purna Basnet discusses Chinese engagement in Nepal vis-a-vis security issues in Tibet and broader geo-strategic plans in Southasia (April 2011).
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Fatima Chowdury relates the story of Calcutta's Indian Chinese community through the lens of political and economic upheavals in Southasia and China (May 2009).
Simon Long notes the importance of the Sino-Indian relationship for the rest of Southasia (September 2006).
J.N Dixit ruminates on the strategic concerns of the 'Middle Kingdom' in the wake of India's 1998 nuclear tests (June 1998).
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