This week in Himal
This week, Jeff Joseph writes that ineffective advisories and the undercounting of heat-related deaths leaves millions of Indians vulnerable to extreme heat and the climate
While trying to secure their competing interests, India and China will both help bring investment into Afghanistan and legitimacy to the Taliban government
This week in Himal
This week, Cyrus Naji writes about a Media Reform Commission set up by Bangladesh’s interim government to address press freedom, and the threats and patterns
As climate change-driven extreme heat threatens more and more of India’s massive population, ineffective advisories and undercounting of heat-related deaths leave millions vulnerable and unaware of the real risks
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
The Rajapaksas, led by Mahinda, laid waste to Sri Lanka with tyranny, corruption and Sinhala supremacism until an economic collapse brought them down – yet still the threat of their return remains
Under Mohammad Yunus’s interim government, a Media Reform Commission has set out to address long-standing problems facing journalists in Bangladesh – but old threats and patterns of control remain
Violent pro-monarchy protests reveal Nepal’s incomplete transition from Hindu kingdom to secular republic, with nationalist myths and India’s Hindu Right feeding into royalist resurgence
This week in Himal
This week, Shafiur Rahman writes that Bangladesh’s accommodation of the Rohingya, while seen as humanitarian, is part of an exploitative system that profits from their
Women workers in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province see their health and livelihoods at risk due to extreme heat linked to climate change, with government heat action plans still under development
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
