In Nepal’s 2026 general election, only a tenth of candidates for direct election are women, and online abuse combined with patriarchy skews the political field against them
After the Gen Z protests, Nepalis will choose between distinct political personalities – Balen Shah, Gagan Thapa and K P Sharma Oli – and different directions for the country’s democracy
The poet Ujjwalla Maharjan, law student Anjali Sah and climate activist Tashi Lhazom talk about how a new Nepal must pay attention to marginalised groups
This glossary of terms accompanies Ratik Asokan’s translation of select portions of Phanishwar Nath Renu’s Nepali Kranti Katha, published in Himal Southasian as Phanishwar Nath Renu’s story of Nepal’s 1950–51 insurrection. The terms are arranged in order of appearance.
The historian Irfan Habib talks to Harsh Mander about how the Hindu right is manufacturing the subcontinent’s history, with the support of the BJP leadership
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party has swept to victory with a two-third majority but the conservative Jamaat-e-Islami has had its strongest showing ever
A special series on Bangladesh’s first election after the 2024 July Revolution as the country searches for new paths in the wake of Sheikh Hasina’s autocratic rule
Even if the Bangladesh Nationalist Party wins, the Jamaat-e-Islami looks set to become a formidable opposition force, shifting the country’s political centre further to the right
