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Muslim Life – and Death – in Modi’s India: A podcast with Harsh Mander

The peace activist Harsh Mander hosts conversations on Indian Muslim history and experience amid a crisis of Islamophobia and anti-minority hatred fuelled by the rise of the Hindu Right

By The Editors

/ 2 Jun 2025

Muslim Life – and Death – in Modi’s India: A podcast with Harsh Mander

Aruni Kashyap on stories of queer and displaced lives from Assam: Southasia Review of Books podcast #25

A conversation with the Assamese writer Aruni Kashyap on crafting stories on love, resistance and belonging set against the long shadow of violence in India’s Northeast

By The Editors

/ 2 Jun 2025

Two men stand face to face under a rainbow pride flag at a Pride Parade in Guwahati, Assam. One of them wears a plaid shirt w

Vidya Krishnan on how India's politics magnified its Covid-19 death toll: State of Southasia #24

As India reveals massive undercounting of coronavirus deaths, a health journalist reminds us of the pandemic’s horrors and the Modi government’s terrible decisions that cost millions of lives

By The Editors

/ 26 May 2025

Vidya Krishnan on how India's politics magnified its Covid-19 death toll: State of Southasia #24

Thomas Bell on a walking history of the Himalayan landscape: Southasia Review of Books podcast #24

A conversation with the journalist Thomas Bell on his latest book, ‘Human Nature’, and the social, cultural and natural history of people’s lives in the Himalayan environment

By The Editors

/ 19 May 2025

Thomas Bell on a walking history of the Himalayan landscape: Southasia Review of Books podcast #24

Anuradha Bhasin on Kashmir’s repeated calamities through the India-Pakistan conflict: State of Southasia #23

Kashmiri Muslims have been the major victims of the gun from both sides – the militants and security forces – and yet they have been alienated by India, the veteran journalist says

By The Editors

/ 12 May 2025

Anuradha Bhasin on Kashmir’s repeated calamities through the India-Pakistan conflict: State of Southasia #23

Michelle de Kretser on her new novel, ‘Theory & Practice’: Southasia Review of Books podcast #23

A conversation with the Sri Lankan-born Australian author on unsettling the realist novel form and exploring the gaps between ideals and actions

By The Editors

/ 5 May 2025

An expressionist-style portrait of Virginia Woolf, with short, dark brown hair styled in waves, wearing a muted-tone outfit,

Alpa Shah on the Bhima Koregaon case and India’s democratic decline: State of Southasia #22

The BK-16 case links India’s harmful neoliberal policies, state authorities abuse of laws, and the collapse of institutions, says the social anthropologist

By The Editors

/ 28 Apr 2025

Alpa Shah on the Bhima Koregaon case and India’s democratic decline: State of Southasia #22

Rahul Bhatia on India’s turn towards authoritarianism: Southasia Review of Books podcast #22

A conversation with the Mumbai-based journalist on the roots of Hindutva, the proliferation of Aadhaar and the surprising origins of India’s identification project

By The Editors

/ 21 Apr 2025

A large group of women are sitting together, wearing masks of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's face, participating in a peaceful

Pranaya Rana on Nepal’s royalist resurgence: State of Southasia #21

Young people at the pro-monarchy rally did not profess a desire for the monarchy but complained against Nepal’s main political parties, says the journalist

By The Editors

/ 14 Apr 2025

Pranaya Rana on Nepal’s royalist resurgence: State of Southasia #21

Anand Teltumbde on the contested legacy of B R Ambedkar: Southasia Review of Books podcast #21

In a sharp critique of iconisation, Teltumbde challenges the hagiography surrounding B R Ambedkar, calling for a nuanced reassessment of his contested legacy in view of the ongoing oppression of Dalits in India today

By The Editors

/ 7 Apr 2025

A large crowd of people participates in a political rally. Many in the crowd are holding up signs, including a large portrait

Shafiur Rahman on the Rohingya’s endless troubles in Bangladesh: State of Southasia #20

Bangladesh does not want to invest in the Rohingya community in the long term, and wants to avoid giving them rights or any pathway to citizenship, says the journalist and filmmaker

By The Editors

/ 31 Mar 2025

A Rohingya woman dressed in an abaya and hijab works at a sewing machine in a. refugee camp. A banner with logos of donor org

Saraid de Silva on her Women’s Prize longlisted novel ‘Amma’: Southasia Review of Books podcast #20

A conversation with the Sri Lankan-Pākehā writer on exploring anger, trauma, queerness and displacement in a multigenerational saga of three women from the Southasian diaspora

By The Editors

/ 24 Mar 2025

A silhouetted family of four stand on a beach in Sri Lanka, gazing at the ocean under a dark, stormy sky.