
Kashmir: A metaphor of pain (part 2)
Stories through paintings and poetry.
Uzma Falak | Jun 29, 2016

Langtang the terrible, Langtang the beautiful
Hope springs eternal on this trail.
Rabi Thapa | Jun 25, 2016

The Interval
She tried to calm her racing heart and squeezed the hand of her guide as they crawled through the forbidden terrain, trying not to wake a lightly sleeping beast. Its innards hissed and pulsated, and …
T Franz | Jun 22, 2016

Keeper of secrets
When I think back to how I met him, I am amazed at how life plays out. If I had not taken the blows meant for Umma that night from Uppa, I would never have …
Fehmida Zakeer | Jun 22, 2016

What’s left of it
Praful Bidwai’s book discusses the past and potential of Left politics in India.
Sukumar Muralidharan | Jun 20, 2016

Roads to riches
With natural resources at the country’s hilly edges and infrastructure spreading from the central plains, Myanmar eyes a federal bargain.
Mari Michener Oye | Jun 10, 2016

Whose woods are these?
Could opening up to foreign investment improve Burma’s forest protection – or will it fuel the same industries that have contributed to the country’s rampant deforestation?
Catherine Martin | Jun 07, 2016

Unaccounted citizens
The Rohingya struggle to find a place for themselves inside and outside Myanmar.
Salil Tripathi | Jun 04, 2016

Statelessness and Rohingya rights
It will take more than a political transition to address the plight of the Rohingya.
Michael Caster | Jun 01, 2016

Ruptured continuity
Will the new NLD government move forward with neoliberalism at the cost of a welfare state?
Aniruddha Bonnerjee and Gabriel Koehler | Jun 01, 2016

Myanmar: Troubled Transitions (Note from the Editors)
Myanmar or Burma? Read to find what Himal editors decided on, and what their argument was.
The Editors | Jun 01, 2016

Black belt
Fiction: The story of a ‘natural’ death in the generals’ Burma.
Kyi May Kaung | Jun 01, 2016

Legacy of conflict
The exclusionary nature of the Myanmar peace process.
Yola Verbruggen | Jun 01, 2016

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