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Freeing the fourth estate
In post-Rajapaksa Sri Lanka there is less restriction on the media.
Tisaranee Gunasekara | Sep 20, 2016

Himal Southasian to suspend publication
Himal Southasian will continue to publish till November 2016 and meet all its outstanding obligations before suspension of operations.
The Editors | Aug 24, 2016

Great migrant hope
Indian migrant labourers in Jordon and other West Asian countries have little to hope for unless there is considerable labour reform.
Rina Mukherji | Aug 24, 2016

‘Amma’ and Budhan Theatre
How Mahasweta Devi became a part of a revolution among the denotified and nomadic tribes of India.
Dakxin Bajrange | Aug 22, 2016

Purchasing power
An anthology of Indian short fiction explores the dynamics of prostitution.
Epsita Halder | Aug 19, 2016

Out of the ordinary
COLUMN: Gurvinder Singh’s Chauthi Koot uses cinema to portray Punjab as it’s rarely seen.
Taran N Khan | Aug 17, 2016

Change and dispossession
Lack of data prevents a planned response to climate change in the Karnali river basin.
Slok Gyawali | Aug 12, 2016

Food for train journeys
Arunava Sinha’s collection of translated Bengali short stories offers a quirky mix of the expected and the unknown.
Supriya Chaudhuri | Jul 27, 2016

Changing the rules
The Supreme Court verdict on the Lodha committee report heralds the most radical shift in cricket administration in India.
Boria Majumdar | Jul 20, 2016
