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An illustration of the Geluphu Mindfulness City from the Bhutan government’s promotional material on the project. Official narratives of the project on the Bhutan-India border emphasise harmony and prosperity, but overlook economic viability and the Lhotshampa expulsion from the region
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Maximillian Morch on the disquiet behind Bhutan’s Geluphu Mindfulness City: State of Southasia #29
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The Editors
The writer discusses the project’s ambitions to revive Bhutan’s ailing economy and how it ignores the displacement of the Lhotshampa people from the Geluphu region
Saeed Mirza & Harsh Mander on the decades-long erosion of the idea of India
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Saeed Mirza & Harsh Mander on the decades-long erosion of the idea of India
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The Editors
This is part of the first season of Partitions of the Heart: Conversations with Harsh Mander, a Himal Southasian podcast series produced in association with Karwan-e-Mohabbat.
A detailed miniature painting depicting the Battle at Lanka from the Hindu epic Ramayana. The left side of the image shows Rama, his brother Lakshmana, and their allies including Hanuman. They are fighting the demon king Ravana, who is shown with ten heads and twenty arms, positioned centrally with his forces of rakshasas (demons) and war elephants. Figures are engaged in combat, wielding swords, bows and shields, while fallen warriors and animals lie at the bottom. The scene is bordered by a red and yellow frame.
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Wendy Doniger on the many lives of myths: Southasia Review of Books podcast #29
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The Editors
A conversation with the Indologist Wendy Doniger on her wide-ranging study ‘The Cave of Echoes’, the importance of understanding other peoples’ myths, and the Hindu right’s efforts to suppress the stu ...
Mohsin Alam Bhat & Harsh Mander on the threat to Muslims as a crisis for India’s democracy
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Mohsin Alam Bhat & Harsh Mander on the threat to Muslims as a crisis for India’s democracy
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The Editors
This is part of the first season of Partitions of the Heart: Conversations with Harsh Mander, a Himal Southasian podcast series produced in association with Karwan-e-Mohabbat.
Garment workers in Sri Lanka. Both Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have significant apparel exports to the United States and will be hit hard if by its proposed import tariffs.
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Umesh Moramudali on Southasia and the Trump tariffs: State of Southasia #28
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The Editors
The economist discusses the impact of proposed US tariffs on exports, balance of payments and debt in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and other Southasian countries
Irfan Habib & Harsh Mander on the decay of socialism and secularism in India
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Irfan Habib & Harsh Mander on the decay of socialism and secularism in India
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The Editors
This is part of the first season of Partitions of the Heart: Conversations with Harsh Mander, a Himal Southasian podcast series produced in association with Karwan-e-Mohabbat.
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