Laxmi Murthy
Laxmi Murthy heads the Hri Institute for Southasian Research and Exchange, and is a Contributing Editor with Himal Southasian. She is currently coordinating a Zubaan-Panos initiative on sexual violence and impunity in Southasia through theatre and other performing arts.
Reframing the Dalit experience
A new photobook on Dalits in Nepal brings out previously unheard voices and unseen visions.
Aug 22, 2019
Uniform hysteria
Following the suicide attack on security forces in Kashmir, India’s media went on a nationalist, fact-free overdrive.
Mar 07, 2019
Net nanny meets muscular law
India’s new human-trafficking bill could criminalise sex workers and curtail free speech.
Sep 26, 2018
The making and unmaking of a star
On the life and times of Qandeel Baloch, Pakistan’s first social-media celebrity.
Jul 26, 2018
The ‘i’ of the storm
The Bollywood hit ‘Padmaavat’, India’s anti-sati laws and the failure to confront misogyny.
May 14, 2018
Ladyland revisited
On the first feminist science fiction in the Subcontinent.
Jul 19, 2015
Violence, voices and visibility
What are the ethical implications surrounding graphic depictions of sexual violence in the media?
Jul 11, 2014
Deadly Love
Obsessive male pursuit of women is commonplace in Indian cinema, reflecting deep-seated and worrying social norms.
Sep 15, 2013
A flaming hope
Is there a sporting chance that the Olympic torch will one day be held aloft by a transsexual sportsperson?
Jul 31, 2012
Latest Articles
Pakistan’s fake-degree problem, India-Bangladesh trade stalemate and more
Southasiasphere: Issue #9 - Updates and analysis from around the region.
The caste of Karnatic music
An untold history of mrdangam makers.
Do Black lives matter to Southasians?
An account of Black-Southasian relations in modern history.
Southasia’s postponed emergency
COVID-19 threatens to strip the region’s health systems bare.
