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Explore the rich culture of Southasia with in-depth articles, stories, and analysis on art, heritage, and traditions at Himal Southasian

Holes

A short story

By Jyothi Vinod

/ 15 Mar 2019

Holes

On Sernabatim beach

A short story.

By Jessica Faleiro

/ 15 Feb 2019

On Sernabatim beach

Celebrating chauvinism

The biopic on Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray is a cynical endorsement of violence.

By Rutuja Deshmukh

/ 14 Feb 2019

Celebrating chauvinism

Dancing with demons

Cartooning, stress and laughing at death.

By Manjula Padmanabhan

/ 13 Feb 2019

Dancing with demons

Murran Chowk

A short story

By Nageen Rather

/ 8 Feb 2019

Murran Chowk

Dear Honourable Commissioner

A short story.

By Mahmud Rahman

/ 25 Jan 2019

Dear Honourable Commissioner

What has Southasia been reading: 2018 Edition

Book recommendations from our contributors and Southasia’s prominent writers, intellectuals and journalists.

By The Editors

/ 4 Jan 2019

What has Southasia been reading: 2018 Edition

Shibli Numani’s imagined community

A 19th-century travelogue from northern India challenges colonial orientalism.

By Sumaira Nawaz

/ 14 Dec 2018

Shibli Numani’s imagined community

Prayer of the crossing

So, the phone works? When you dial the reception to ask for a housekeeper, though, you hear nothing but short beeps, as if they've foreknowledge of the stench

By Torsa Ghosal

/ 7 Dec 2018

Prayer of the crossing

Performing lust, rendering misogyny

Netflix’s ‘brave new’ offering treads old ground.

By Rutuja Deshmukh

/ 30 Nov 2018

Performing lust, rendering misogyny

In the embrace of letting go

A Tibetan writer’s personal essay on a death in the family.

By Topden Tsering

/ 11 Oct 2018

In the embrace of letting go

The 25-year-long battle against India’s anti-queer law

Many of us scattered across the globe know what it feels like when a long, quarter-century battle reaches a resolution. On 6 September 2018, the constitutional bench of India&

By Chayanika Shah

/ 13 Sep 2018

The 25-year-long battle against India’s anti-queer law