digital
The woman who pretended to be who she was (online)
As the internet changes, it challenges us to ask who we really are both online and offline
Lawrence Liang | Jul 15, 2013
Where next after multimedia?
A new collection of essays seeks to make sense of our new multimedia world, where we are both producers and consumers, newly free and newly constrained
Dipankar Sinha | Jul 15, 2013
Foreword
Eds: In March 2013, Himal Southasian announced its short story competition, open to all, to write stories based around our Online-istan theme. Entries went through two rounds of judging by our editorial team, before the …
Prajwal Parajuly | Jul 15, 2013
Digital native
Online networks have only marginally promoted civil society activism in Southasia
Madhavi Bhasin | Jul 11, 2013
Get real with digital documentary
Documentaries have more or less gone digital, and while there are enormous opportunities to serve humanity, humanity had better watch out.
Fareeha Zaman | Sep 01, 2005
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Manipur’s conflict has harsh lessons for all of India’s Northeast
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