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Creamy Layer – Himal Fiction Fest 2026
A Gujarati short story by Neerav Patel, translated by Hemang Ashwinkumar
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India’s great men and the neglected women and homes that made them
Gyanendra Pandey’s new book reads the lives of India’s great 20th-century writers and reformers through the home, revealing how domestic life sustained gendered hierarchies even as they relegated it to the margins
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Lucky Issar
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A Letter to Amma – Himal Fiction Fest 2026
A Telugu short story by Manasa Yendluri, translated by Ravali Pidaparthi
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Nepal’s rising ranks of women farmers
As men migrate for work, Nepal’s women are increasingly taking up agriculture – but society, policies and support systems are slow to catch up
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Anita Zhang
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‘100 Sunset’ and the emotional consequences of the Tibetan diaspora’s migration to the West
Set in Toronto’s Tibetan community, Kunsang Kyirong’s ‘100 Sunset’ captures raw realities of diasporic life in sharp contrast to the false glamour migrants project to audiences back home
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U Thant and the lost promise of the United Nations
Thant Myint-U’s new book on his grandfather, the first non-white secretary-general of the UN, revisits an era when the institution inspired expectations of internationalist diplomatic leadership that have since faded away
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