Chhetria Patrakar, Author at Himal Southasian

Chhetria Patrakar

On the Chinese embassy’s undiplomatic letter to a Nepali newspaper.

Pakistan’s state-run media regulator tries to shut down TV-news anchors.

The Modi government has reportedly been cutting ads to major newspapers.

We need more studies on media ownership in Southasia.

The closure of a weekly paper in Bhutan signals a troubling decline in media diversity and journalistic space.

Al Jazeera website inaccessible in Bangladesh after publication of an investigative report.

Nepal’s proposed regulations on social media have troubling implications for journalism and free speech.

How was the year 2018 for journalists – and journalism – in Southasia?

On Twitter’s tepid encounter with caste patriarchy.

Clichéd journalism on Sri Lanka’s political crisis.

The long walk home for migrants, tech and surveillance in the time of COVID-19, pardoning a convicted army officer, and more.

COVID-19 reveals structural and systemic inequalities in Sri Lanka’s prison system.

Working without protective gear during the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workers in Pakistan say they are on a suicide mission.

A legal analysis of the origins and possible impacts of emergency law.