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Southasia’s COP26, Bhutan’s political prisoners, the politics of listening and more.

Southasiasphere episode 13: Updates and analysis from around the region.

| Nov 16, 2021

A diaspora begins

Has resettlement given a fillip to the cause of democracy in Bhutan? Will the right of return be far behind?  

| May 01, 2010

Lhotshampa, Madhesi, Nepamul: The deprived of Bhutan, Nepal and India

Despite the fact that they have been living in their respective countries for centuries, the Lhotshampa, Nepamul Bharatiya and Madhesis have in common the fact that they are all underdogs.

| May 01, 2008

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