Laxmi Murthy
Laxmi Murthy heads the Hri Institute for Southasian Research and Exchange and is a Contributing Editor with Himal Southasian. She is currently working on a project titled “Challenging visual depiction of women and sexual violence in Southasia”.

Women’s bodies, disinformation and nationalism in Manipur
Sexual violence in conflict has a long and terrible history – and its combination with disinformation and nationalism in Manipur makes for an especially ominous mix
Aug 07, 2023

The face of female leadership
Do women politicians in high office in Southasia offer something different from their male counterparts?
Mar 24, 2021

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
