Nepal Elections 2026

Image of an old map of Chagos islands superimposed with Chagossians returning home, Maldivian president Mohamed Muizzu, the Seychelles governor responsible for displacing Chagossians and military installations on Diego Garcia.  
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Daniel Bosley
Under Mohamed Muizzu, the Maldives is contesting Mauritius’ claim to the Chagos archipelago, inserting itself into a geopolitical dispute also involving the United Kingdom and United States
A regular among India’s literati, the novelist and commentator Manu Joseph thrives on elite access, simultaneously courting and critiquing the liberal circles whose attention he commands.
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Diya Isha
How Manu Joseph’s ‘Why the Poor Don’t Kill Us’ falls short in diagnosing the ills of liberal India, and how the novelist turned provocateur has lost his way
A collage centred on an illustrated Vijay in a red shirt, smiling and raising his hand in greeting, framed by a circular halo of his party logo. Around him are yellow-tinted portraits of prominent Tamil Nadu political figures. In the background, there's a large seated crowd and a faint cinema hall. The title “Jana Nayagan” appears near the top. In the foreground, there's a silhouetted scaffolding.
The superstar is aiming for a grand entrance into politics in Tamil Nadu’s 2026 assembly election, but history tells us stardom alone will not be enough to challenge the state’s duopoly of Dravidian p ...
Himal Interviews: The pluralism and poetry of India’s past
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The Editors
The educationist, writer and activist Syeda Hameed remembers the first decade of free India as one of immense hope in this conversation with Harsh Mander
The Dhurandhar franchise’s right-wing ideology, Pakistan-bashing and  Muslim-bashing and blood-curdling violence makes its success a disturbing development in an already fractured India.
As vehicles for Hindu Right ideology and pro-Modi propaganda, ‘Dhurandhar’ and ‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge’ first blur the lines of reality before overtly glorifying anti-Muslim violence
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