journalism

Politics and the Hindi press
The rise of Hindi print in India since the early 1970s.
Mrinal Pande | Dec 02, 2022


How free is the media in Southasia?
Governments are finding new ways to silence the press thanks to COVID-19.
Chhetria Patrakar | May 05, 2020

Keeping journalism alive in Kashmir
Journalists in Kashmir have done remarkable work from the ground, despite government curbs and local media’s limitations.
Majid Maqbool | Jan 16, 2020

Who owns India’s media?
We need more studies on media ownership in Southasia.
Chhetria Patrakar | Jun 06, 2019

The crisis in Pakistani journalism
In conversation with journalist and human-rights campaigner Omar Waraich.
The Editors | May 31, 2019

Journalists On Trial
A SAMDEN-Himal initiative to track legal attacks on journalists and media groups in Southasia.
SAMDEN and Himal Southasian | May 03, 2019


Bhutan’s media maladies
The closure of a weekly paper in Bhutan signals a troubling decline in media diversity and journalistic space.
Chhetria Patrakar | Apr 04, 2019

Uniform hysteria
Following the suicide attack on security forces in Kashmir, India’s media went on a nationalist, fact-free overdrive.
Laxmi Murthy | Mar 07, 2019
