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Centring the colonised

Priyamvada Gopal’s book throws new light on transnational and class solidarities.

By Sohel Sarkar

/ 13 Jan 2020

The frontier economy

Corruption and inequality have remained key features of Myanmar’s post-democratic political economy.

By Thant Myint-U

/ 4 Dec 2019

Displaying defiance: Photo Kathmandu 2018 provided a much-needed snapshot of the history of feminist movement in Nepal

When one thinks of road construction, one often conjures up images of muscular men digging trenches and moving boulders. At this year's Photo Kathmandu, Nepal's international

By Sewa Bhattarai

/ 21 Dec 2018

Displaying defiance: Photo Kathmandu 2018 provided a much-needed snapshot of the history of feminist movement in Nepal

Shibli Numani’s imagined community

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

By Sumaira Nawaz

/ 14 Dec 2018

Bahunvada: Myth or reality?

ARCHIVE: The Kathmandu essayist on the history of ethnic hierarchy in modern Nepal (1992).

By Kamal P Malla

/ 19 Nov 2018

Before empire

How should we read the Europeans who wrote about Southasia before colonial domination?

By Amanda Lanzillo

/ 21 May 2018

Himal Interviews: Madhusree Mukerjee on Churchill’s Secret War

Welcome to Himal Interviews, a podcast where we talk to some of the most interesting writers, journalists, activists and experts on all matters Southasian. In this inaugural episode of the

By The Editors

/ 7 May 2018