Book recommendations from our contributors and Southasia’s prominent writers, intellectuals and journalists.
Cosmopolitanism as an antidote to the island's nationalist history.
The harsh light of Kashmir reflected in new fiction
American wars, Nepali bodies and the price of the war economy.
On the life and times of Qandeel Baloch, Pakistan’s first social-media celebrity.
How should we read the Europeans who wrote about Southasia before colonial domination?
The Bollywood hit ‘Padmaavat’, India’s anti-sati laws and the failure to confront misogyny.
A recent book explores the systemic rot that holds India to ransom.
Navras Jaat Aafreedi’s book puts focus on Southasian Jews.
Tibetan fiction’s two overused themes of politics and religion limits experimentation
Nepali women slam poets write on their lives and times.
