Cartoon of Vladimir Putin on a ship approaching Myanmar. This is after news that Myanmar and Russia signed an agreement for a port and oil refinery
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Journalist Richard de Zoysa’s death still haunts Sri Lanka in ‘Rani’ – Southasia Weekly #55

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'Southasia Weekly, 28 February 2025. Your radar on the region and the latest from Himal. Every Friday with deputy editor Raisa Wickrematunge'

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Journalist Richard de Zoysa in the car with his mother Manorani Saravanamuttu in the Sri Lankan film Rani
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This week, Vihanga Perera writes about a new film Rani, which absolves the Ranasinghe Premadasa government of the murder of Richard de Zoysa, whose ghost still haunts Sri Lankan arts and society – and tarnishes the legacy of his mother, Manorani Saravanamuttu.

For this month’s edition of Screen Southasia, our monthly online documentary screening in collaboration with Film Southasia, we’ll be screening Tashi’s Turbine, directed by Amitabh Joshi. Tashi’s Turbine follows the story of two friends, Tashi Bista and Jeevan, who want to bring electricity to the village of Namdok, a village nestled in Upper Mustang, Nepal, which has long lived by candlelight. Sign up here to receive the screening link in your inbox!

Online screening of Tashi's Turbine directed by Amitabh Joshi about bringing electricity to village of Namdok. From March 3 to 10, sign up at bit.ly/ScreenSouthasia

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