This week was a blur as Himal geared up to host a conversation analysing recent youth-led protests in Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. From identifying and reaching out to
Relangi Selvarajah’s killing in 2005 is a reminder of the risks faced by critics of Tamil militancy and the LTTE during Sri Lanka’s civil war – and of the persisting impunity around crimes against journalists in the country
Two weeks ago, Nayantara and I were brainstorming ideas for season 2 of “Partitions of the Heart: Conversations with Harsh Mander” while we were in Kathmandu. We had already seen
After anti-corruption Gen Z protests and a deadly uprising forced the prime minister and government to resign, Nepal searches for a new politics that can jettison its failed establishment
As Pakistan’s government restarts a debate on resource sharing between the country’s centre and the provinces, concerns emerge on fiscal recentralisation
This week in Himal
This week, Frances Harrison writes about Sri Lankan admiral Wasantha Karannagoda's memoir, which contains admissions relevant to crimes committed during Sri Lanka's
Excavating the intellectual and political convictions of M M Kalburgi ten years on from the Kannada scholar’s assassination by Hindu nationalist fanatics
The sanctioned former Sri Lankan navy chief’s memoir contains potential admissions relevant to alleged crimes committed during the country’s civil war, and raises serious questions of publisher accountability
Former president Ranil Wickremesinghe has been arrested for misuse of public funds, but opposition leaders have opted to grandstand rather than press for reform
