A conversation with the journalist Sowmiya Ashok on how an archaeological excavation in Tamil Nadu became a powerful symbol of Tamil identity and a flashpoint in larger battles over history in India
The real Himalaya of the pundit explorers, plus this month in Southasian publishing – from Mizoram’s political history to the Bangla language movement, ‘love jihad’ and more
S Shakthidharan’s memoir of Sri Lanka’s unfinished war, plus this month in Southasian publishing – from Qurratulain Hyder to Hindutva spectacle, Tibetan activism and more
The Kashmiri-British writer discusses his new novel ‘Maryam & Son’, the language of bureaucracy and surveillance, and the intimate lives that exist past the headlines
An excerpt from Chandu Maheria’s memoir and this month’s Southasian publishing – from new fiction and Dalit histories to Mumbai's food cultures and the Indian Ocean's pearl divers
The SaRB podcast returns with Joe Sacco, plus this month’s Southasian publishing – from new books on Mughal history to Afghan memoirs and India's Paralympic movement
The acclaimed comic-journalist discusses ‘The Once and Future Riot’, violence as a political tool, and the controversy surrounding Penguin India’s decision not to distribute his book
Thant Myint-U’s new account of his grandfather reconstructs a lost era of postcolonial internationalism through the story of a Burmese diplomat who led the UN through the world’s most defining crises
Audrey Truschke's ‘India: 5,000 Years of History in the Subcontinent’ revisits millennia of Southasia’s past beyond dynasties and nationalist mythmaking
A conversation with the award-winning writer and journalist on the surprising origins of Aadhaar, the afterlives of the 2020 Delhi violence, and the people still resisting India’s majoritarian turn
