Himal Blog
Subaltern stories
With the launch of People’s Archive of Rural India (PARI), rural India has found a much needed platform.
Urvashi Sarkar | Dec 30, 2014
Thirty-five seconds
On the media's obsession with the India-Pakistan relationship during the SAARC Summit.
Puja Sen and Shubhanga Pandey | Nov 28, 2014
A SAARC-y declaration
A mock resolution of the eighteenth Southasian regional summit.
Puja Sen and Shubhanga Pandey | Nov 27, 2014
Not-so-free trade
SAARC leaders emphasise regional free trade and investment while overlooking the need to address labour conditions.
Puja Sen and Shubhanga Pandey | Nov 26, 2014
Bully pulpit
Sri Lanka’s president cautions against external influence and the supposed misuse of human rights.
Puja Sen and Shubhanga Pandey | Nov 26, 2014
Latest Articles
India’s slow-burn affair with Israel heats up
Azad Essa’s 'Hostile Homelands' explores the ideological convergence of Hindutva and Zionism, and the consequences for Kashmir and Palestine – but there is much more driving India and Israel’s deepening ties
Disillusioned with the Taliban, Pakistan reverses its four-decade Afghan policy
As Kabul refuses to act against the TTP and Baloch militant groups, Pakistan is ending the support it has extended to the Taliban since 1994 and its welcome to refugees from Afghanistan since the 1980s
The limited genius of Geoffrey Bawa
‘Geoffrey Bawa: Drawing from the Archives’ allows an exploration of the rift between the celebrated architect’s vision for nation-building in Sri Lanka and the country’s present reality
Interview: The precarity of Afghan migrants in Pakistan
Political scientist and author Sanaa Alimia speaks of the long history of racial profiling, harassment and deportation of Afghan migrants, in the context of Pakistan’s recent crackdown
