https://www.himalmag.com/newsletters/southasia-weekly-tamil-nadu-vijay https://media.assettype.com/himalmag/2026-04-16/hc0ai9un/Southasia-Weekly-17April.png https://media.assettype.com/himalmag/2026-04-17/tnw3etln/Tamil-actor-Vijay-cinema-politics.png https://media.assettype.com/himalmag/2026-04-17/ojv9mk91/BJP-looking-to-break-coalitions.png https://media.assettype.com/himalmag/2026-04-16/b7kx9tx2/Dalit-History-Month.png https://media.assettype.com/himalmag/2026-04-16/udf85faa/Screenshot-2026-04-15-114223.png https://media.assettype.com/himalmag/2026-04-16/rftc1f1t/Southasia-Weekly-newsletter-coverpoll-results-Snapshot-Southasia-90.png himalmag en 2026-04-17T13:34:29.347Z Tamil superstar Vijay’s entry into politics – Southasia Weekly #114 India assembly elections 2026, India delimitation bill, Dhurandhar, Vijay Tamil Nadu elections 2026 https://www.himalmag.com/newsletters/southasia-review-of-books-17-april-2025 https://media.assettype.com/himalmag/2026-04-17/skteuc0h/Unfinished-Equality-by-Pawan-Dhall.png https://media.assettype.com/himalmag/2025-09-17/5f6c2nez/August-2025-CTA-3.jpg https://media.assettype.com/himalmag/2026-04-10/iu0cpqyk/Sri-Lanka-free-education.png https://media.assettype.com/himalmag/2026-04-17/gv11a2zh/The-Other-Nepal-Edited-by-Puspa-Damai.png https://media.assettype.com/himalmag/2026-04-17/skteuc0h/Unfinished-Equality-by-Pawan-Dhall.png https://media.assettype.com/himalmag/2026-04-17/axcrnch6/sharika-thiranagama-christina-dhanuja.png https://media.assettype.com/himalmag/2026-04-17/2hv0iy4m/wild-wild-east-tanul-thakur.png https://media.assettype.com/himalmag/2026-04-17/i9tiryrt/banjara-by-shana-chandra.png https://media.assettype.com/himalmag/2026-04-17/jphhjre2/discovery-of-new-india-by-aakar-patel-and-penpencildraw.png https://media.assettype.com/himalmag/2026-04-17/io54klyo/Hindu-Presidency-College.png https://media.assettype.com/himalmag/2026-04-17/by16500b/8.png himalmag en 2026-04-17T11:38:44.529Z 📚 Southasia Review of Books - 17 April 2025 Newsletters, Southasia Review of Books https://www.himalmag.com/politics/tamil-nadu-election-superstar-vijay-tvk-dravidian-parties https://media.assettype.com/himalmag/2026-04-17/nrursl5m/Vijay-TVK-Tamil-Nadu-Assembly-Election-2026.png The Tamil superstar-turned-politician Vijay commands a rare emotional loyalty, but converting fans into cadres while bringing together a diverse electorate remains his central test in the 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly election. https://media.assettype.com/himalmag/2026-04-17/di68688b/Vijay-TVK-Tamil-Nadu-election-2026.jpg Vijay addresses a rally against a backdrop featuring Velu Nachiyar, K Kamaraj, Periyar, B R Ambedkar and Anjalai Ammal. The visual language of Vijay’s politics invokes a long Dravidian tradition of social justice and Tamil assertion, but allusion is not hard proof of belief. himalmag en 2026-04-17T07:05:41.088Z Vijay and the limits of cinema stardom in Tamil Nadu politics tamil nadu, assembly election 2026, Vijay https://www.himalmag.com/newsletters/dhurandhar-himal-virtual-cover-april https://media.assettype.com/himalmag/2026-04-16/ad2s0yn5/Virtual-Cover-April-2026 https://media.assettype.com/himalmag/2026-04-16/g3iz5kam/April-2026-virtual-cover.png himalmag en 2026-04-16T12:04:38.898Z Watching ‘Dhurandhar’ in India and Pakistan – Himal Virtual Cover, April 2026 Dhurandhar, Bollywood, Hindutva https://www.himalmag.com/politics/syeda-hameed-harsh-mander-india-partition-muslims https://media.assettype.com/himalmag/2026-04-16/4597rc70/Syeda-Hameed-HM-interview.jpg himalmag en 2026-04-16T07:13:31.558Z Himal Interviews: The pluralism and poetry of India’s past India, Muslims, Syeda Hameed, Harsh Mander, Partition, Jawaharlal Nehru, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Maulana Azad, Hindutva, Narendra Modi, BJP, RSS