Politics

‘Dalit Voice’ and V T Rajshekar’s frustrated revolution
By
Ashik Kahina
V T Rajshekar deployed ‘Dalit Voice’ in an assault on the caste system, amplifying Ambedkar and exposing both the Brahminical enemies of Indian democracy and its Brahminical guardians
An illustration of TV screens stacked one on top of the other on wooden shelves. The screens are playing stills from Sri Lanka's former labour minister Mervyn Silva when he forcibly entered the state-owned Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation and assaulted the news director. Pictured is the angry crowd outside the offices, Mervyn Silva trying to pacify angry Rupavahini staffers and screengrabs of the news coverage.
The 2007 assault on the news director of the state-owned Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation by Mervyn Silva, and the stalling of the investigation and case, remains a blot on media freedom during and af ...
Himal Interviews: The deprivations of Indian Muslims
By
The Editors
Development economist Amirullah Khan talks to Harsh Mander about systemic structures that have left poor Muslims as India’s most impoverished citizens
Cartoon of a Nepali student protester wearing a red headband planting a placard with a symbol of an upraised fist on Everest, representing Nepal's Gen Z led protests
Cartoonist Gihan de Chickera’s top illustrations for 2025, from Himal’s Southasia Weekly newsletter
Year in review: Ten great articles on Southasian politics of 2025
By
The Editors
A selection of Himal’s most-read articles on Southasian politics of the year
A military tank and rows of military on Armed Forces Day in Myanmar. They are all holding the Myanmar flag.
By
Ma Thida
A suite of repressive laws make the outcome of Myanmar’s 2025–26 general election a foregone conclusion, but the public and the international community are unlikely to accept the result as the ruling ...
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