Year in review: 2025 in cartoons

Gihan de Chickera’s insightful cartoons have become a hallmark of Himal’s Southasia Weekly, capturing the essence of the region’s most significant headlines. See a round-up of some of his best work for us in 2025, presented in no particular order, and revisit some of our top newletters over the past year.

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Charting disturbing developments in India’s electoral landscape with the Bihar voter roll revisions

Marking historic Gen Z-led protests and the transition to an interim government in Nepal