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🪖🇲🇲 On the ground for Myanmar's election - Southasia Weekly #100

India denies bail to student activists held under anti-terror laws, Bangladesh suspends visa services in India, Southasia Weekly's 100th issue and more

By Raisa Wickrematunge

/ 9 Jan 2026

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🇧🇩☪️ Seismic drama in Bangladesh’s politics – Southasia Weekly #99

New political alliance between Jamaat-e-Islami and National Citizen’s Party, flooding in Afghanistan, Myanmar’s elections and more

By Raisa Wickrematunge

/ 2 Jan 2026

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Year in review: 2025 in cartoons

Cartoonist Gihan de Chickera’s top illustrations for 2025, from Himal’s Southasia Weekly newsletter

By Raisa Wickrematunge

/ 31 Dec 2025

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🇲🇲 🪖The “general’s election” in Myanmar – Southasia Weekly #98

Myanmar election, mob violence in Bangladesh, Imran Khan sentenced for corruption and more

By Raisa Wickrematunge

/ 29 Dec 2025

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🇧🇩🔥Bangladesh burning – Southasia Weekly #97

BNP leader Tarique Rahman’s return, the Kerala sexual assault case, over 200 people charged with violating election law in Myanmar and more

By Raisa Wickrematunge

/ 22 Dec 2025

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🚲🌇The problem with Southasian cities – Southasia Weekly #96

The politics of space in India and Pakistan, Khaleda Zia's illness and the crisis within the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, renewed clashes along Pakistan-Afghanistan border and more

By Raisa Wickrematunge

/ 15 Dec 2025

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👩🏽📚How do we read Arundhati Roy? – Southasia Weekly #95

Arundhati Roy’s memoir, Sri Lanka’s disaster mismanagement after Cyclone Ditwah and more

By Raisa Wickrematunge

/ 5 Dec 2025

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Cyclone Ditwah and Sri Lanka’s disastrous flood mismanagement

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake repeats his predecessors’ mistakes in his response to flooding and landslides, which have caused hundreds of deaths

By Raisa Wickrematunge

/ 4 Dec 2025

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DDLJ’s dubious 30-year legacy – Southasia Weekly #94

The problem with Hindi film Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, US ends protections for Myanmar refugees, airstrikes in Afghanistan and more

By Raisa Wickrematunge

/ 28 Nov 2025

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Pakistan’s military authoritarianism - again – Southasia Weekly #93

Pakistan's 27th amendment, Sheikh Hasina's death sentence, the Global Shining Light Award and more

By Raisa Wickrematunge

/ 24 Nov 2025

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China and Saudi try to solve “South Asia” – Southasia Weekly #92

Crucial questions around Bihar's assembly elections, Bangladesh's national referendum, the collapse of Pakistan-Afghanistan peace talks and more

By Raisa Wickrematunge

/ 17 Nov 2025

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The Bhima Koregaon case and India's war on dissent – Southasia Weekly #91

Zohran Mamdani becomes first Southasian New York mayor, Rana Ayyub faces death threats, Dhaka protests around July charter and more in our weekly regional newsletter

By Raisa Wickrematunge

/ 10 Nov 2025