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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

Funny fatale

COLUMN: Just what is it about funny women that scares Bollywood?

By Taran N Khan

/ 6 Oct 2015

Funny fatale

Leaving home

FICTION: A short story from Kashmir.

By Muntaha Hafizi

/ 30 Sep 2015

Leaving home

Life and times of literary magazines

Bangladesh’s English language journalism over the years.

By Khademul Islam

/ 28 Sep 2015

Life and times of literary magazines

The diamond ring

FICTION: A chance outcome for love.

By Lahari Mahalanabish

/ 20 Sep 2015

The diamond ring

Cinema and the melodrama of nationalism

Understanding the recent furore over Hindi cinema in Bangladesh.

By Lotte Hoek

/ 15 Sep 2015

Cinema and the melodrama of nationalism

Arguing ordination

The debate over full ordination of nuns in Tibetan Buddhism remains unsettled.

By Lora Tomas

/ 11 Sep 2015

Arguing ordination

Border night

One night in a dream my bed a grave buried Monjula and others voices muffled

By Malini Sur

/ 9 Sep 2015

A tale of two documentaries

COLUMN: What the disruption of two documentary films means for free speech and dissent in India.

By Taran N Khan

/ 8 Sep 2015

A tale of two documentaries

Conserving continuity: Reconstructing monuments of cultural heritage after Nepal earthquake will need community involvement

(This article is a part of the web-exclusive series from our latest issue 'Disaster Politics'. More from the print quarterly here.) The very first images of the

By Kai Weise

/ 2 Sep 2015

Conserving continuity: Reconstructing monuments of cultural heritage after Nepal earthquake will need community involvement

Letting go

FICTION: What ails Brojen Barua?

By Juanita Kakoty

/ 13 Aug 2015

Letting go

‘A kick in the pants’

COLUMN: Of a writer and a magazine that brought drama to film criticism.

By Taran N Khan

/ 7 Aug 2015

‘A kick in the pants’

Spinach soup and Abbottabad

FICTION

By Yudit Kiss

/ 31 Jul 2015

Spinach soup and Abbottabad