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Call for submission of entries for fiction issue
Call for submission of short stories for Himal's forthcoming fiction special issue
The Editors | May 11, 2016
Solidarity: A petition for the release of Kanak Mani Dixit
Editors and media figures as well as intellectuals and scholars have called for the release of Himal editor and prominent Nepali journalist Kanak Mani Dixit.
The Editors | Apr 25, 2016
Fact sheet on Kanak Mani Dixit’s arrest
A fact sheet on the detainment of HImal's founding editor Kanak Mani Dixit by the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA).
The Editors | Apr 23, 2016
Hell on Ascension
The story of Cochin’s Robinson Crusoe – found guilty of sodomy and banished to Ascension Island.
N P Chekkutty | Mar 19, 2015
Turning out
In Kashmir Valley, voter participation at recent Assembly polls was driven by an overriding imperative.
Saima Bhat and Shahid Tantray | Jan 19, 2015
Between the people and the polis
Southasia’s mega-cities and the urban future.
Arif Hasan | Nov 25, 2014
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