SAARC
In sickness and in health
How border regions can be central to building a post-pandemic Southasia.
Nimmi Kurian | Dec 21, 2020
Introducing Southasiasphere: The Himal guide to the region
ISSUE #1: Covid-19 in Southasia, civilian government vs the generals in Myanmar, postponed elections in SriLanka and more.
The Editors | Mar 20, 2020
The Right-Side-Up Map of Southasia
For parallel identities in Southasia, beyond the nation-states
The Editors | Mar 14, 2016
Thirty-five seconds
On the media's obsession with the India-Pakistan relationship during the SAARC Summit.
Puja Sen and Shubhanga Pandey | Nov 28, 2014
A SAARC-y declaration
A mock resolution of the eighteenth Southasian regional summit.
Puja Sen and Shubhanga Pandey | Nov 27, 2014
Not-so-free trade
SAARC leaders emphasise regional free trade and investment while overlooking the need to address labour conditions.
Puja Sen and Shubhanga Pandey | Nov 26, 2014
Bully pulpit
Sri Lanka’s president cautions against external influence and the supposed misuse of human rights.
Puja Sen and Shubhanga Pandey | Nov 26, 2014
Back to Southasia?
Instead of an arena for a ‘zero-sum’ India-Pakistan game, post-2014 Afghanistan may actually provide a stimulus for increased regional cooperation.
Shanthie D'Souza | Mar 15, 2014
Latest Articles
Podcast: Uttar Pradesh’s halal ban, Myanmar’s armed groups expose military junta’s weakness, and more
Your Southasia news roundup from 20 Nov - 1 Dec 2023, plus an interview with Aung Kaung Myat on Operation 1027 in Myanmar
India’s slow-burn affair with Israel heats up
Azad Essa’s 'Hostile Homelands' explores the ideological convergence of Hindutva and Zionism, and the consequences for Kashmir and Palestine – but there is much more driving India and Israel’s deepening ties
Disillusioned with the Taliban, Pakistan reverses its four-decade Afghan policy
As Kabul refuses to act against the TTP and Baloch militant groups, Pakistan is ending the support it has extended to the Taliban since 1994 and its welcome to refugees from Afghanistan since the 1980s
The limited genius of Geoffrey Bawa
‘Geoffrey Bawa: Drawing from the Archives’ allows an exploration of the rift between the celebrated architect’s vision for nation-building in Sri Lanka and the country’s present reality
