Chhetria Patrakar
The PEMRA penumbra
Pakistan’s state-run media regulator tries to shut down TV-news anchors.
Nov 01, 2019
Ad-freeze zone
The Modi government has reportedly been cutting ads to major newspapers.
Jul 09, 2019
Who owns India’s media?
We need more studies on media ownership in Southasia.
Jun 06, 2019
Bhutan’s media maladies
The closure of a weekly paper in Bhutan signals a troubling decline in media diversity and journalistic space.
Apr 04, 2019
The disappearing act
Al Jazeera website inaccessible in Bangladesh after publication of an investigative report.
Mar 25, 2019
And then they came for my Instagram filter
Nepal’s proposed regulations on social media have troubling implications for journalism and free speech.
Feb 20, 2019
Under pressure
How was the year 2018 for journalists – and journalism – in Southasia?
Dec 24, 2018
Playing your cards wrong
On Twitter’s tepid encounter with caste patriarchy.
Nov 22, 2018
Thinking with one’s keyboard
Clichéd journalism on Sri Lanka’s political crisis.
Nov 01, 2018
Through the looking glass
Can international media cover the Maldives without invoking China or India?
Sep 26, 2018
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