With mainstream Sri Lankan parties feeling compelled to pander to Sinhala Buddhist voters, Tamil-led parties have been pushed to take more hardline positions to address Tamil voters’ frustrations - historically and today
Political scientist Ali Riaz details how the Sheikh Hasina government has displayed absolute disregard for the lives of its citizens, causing the political ground to shift in Bangladesh
This week at Himal
This week, all eyes were on Bangladesh, as protests around a quota system for government jobs escalated into violence, with eyewitness accounts revealing the disproportionate use
Shahidul Alam, a renowned photojournalist, educator and activist based in Dhaka, has been documenting the protests and managed to get his dispatches out to the media despite an internet shutdown.
The carrot-and-stick method of Sheikh Hasina’s authoritarian regime worked with others but not with the students, who would not be scared off or bought off
An apology from the prime minister Sheikh Hasina for the government's reprisal to the protests, while simple, would be a chink in her armour that she will be loathe to expose
Sheikh Hasina's government has accused international agencies reporting on the quota protests of fake news but she should know that spin can only take you so far
Bangladesh’s quota protests have spiralled into national unrest because of long-standing public disaffection with Hasina and her Awami League over the economy, corruption and autocratic behaviour
The best fast bowler India has ever produced, Bumrah also stands out for his sobriety and self-effacement in an Indian men’s team steeped in individualism and hyper-masculinity, as well as in a political era of unabashed bigotry
This week at Himal
This week, Vaibhav Vats writes about Jasprit Bumrah, one of the best fast bowlers India has ever produced. Bumrah stands out for his self-effacement and
Not learning from the past, Islamabad is unleashing a new military operation against Baloch insurgency and Islamist extremism, continuing a vicious cycle of violence instead of addressing Baloch grievances through constitutional means
