Weena Pun
Weena Pun is a writer and journalist based in Ithaca.
Domestic flights
Risks and opportunities for women migrant labourers from Nepal.
Mar 23, 2017
Far from truth
On the policing of sexuality of migrant workers’ wives in Nepal.
Dec 23, 2015
‘Them greedy victims’
NOTES FROM THE FIELD: As the memory of the devastation of April-May earthquakes recedes, some have resorted to victim blaming.
Aug 28, 2015
Changing literature, changing country
Himal speaks to noted Nepali literary critic Khagendra Sangroula.
Oct 15, 2012
Departure lounge
Hanging out in Kathmandu's international airport with soon-to-be migrants.
Oct 01, 2011
Latest Articles
In Mizoram, a refugee crisis highlights Mizo tribal affinities and hostility
Shared Zo identity has Mizos extending hospitality to Chin and Kuki-Chin refugees from Myanmar and Bangladesh. More remarkable is that Chakmas, mistreated by the Mizo majority in Mizoram, have welcomed Kuki-Chin refugees too
The political fallout of violence in Manipur, Bangladesh’s economic crisis, the crackdown on PTI supporters and more
May - Updates and analysis from around the region
In ‘Agra’, a grim portrait of the repressed Indian man
Director Kanu Behl’s Hindi feature film examines the sexual obsession and frustration of men, mental health and the transactional nature of human relationships in a patriarchal society where space is in short supply
When neoliberalism came to the Indian farm
With a focus on agricultural policy since the 1990s, 'Distress in the Fields' demonstrates how neoliberal interventions sowed the seeds of the crisis faced by farmers today
