Politics

Himal Interviews: The deprivations of Indian Muslims
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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
Police stand in front of the torched offices of the newspaper Prothom Alo in Dhaka
By
Cyrus Naji
The unrest that followed Sharif Osman Hadi’s death was 18 months in the making, as an unresolved revolution, selective justice and tolerated street violence steadily destabilised Bangladesh
Himal Interviews: Indian Muslims’ marginalisation and the myth of appeasement
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The Editors
Hilal Ahmed talks to Harsh Mander about break down in Muslim families, drop-offs in education, lack of social support and how the political class has failed the community
Himal Interviews: Bulldozers, hijab and Muslim rage in Modi’s India
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The Editors
Afreen Fatima speaks to Harsh Mander about what it means to be Muslim in India, the punitive demolition of her home and the right-wing Hindutva project
People in rickshaws and bikes waiting in the Delhi traffic
By
Sohel Sarkar
Four new books spotlight mobility in post-liberalisation cities across India and Pakistan, showing how everyday movement, inequality and aspiration shape urban citizenship beyond “world-class” infrast ...
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