Sri Lanka - Himal Southasian (Page 7)

India’s friendly standing and moral status in Sri Lanka are at the mercy of Hindutva and hypernationalism

New Delhi has earned goodwill in Colombo, but the end of Indian pluralism can embolden Sinhala extremists while Katchatheevu and fishing conflicts risk inflaming nationalist passions

By Tisaranee Gunasekara

/ 1 May 2024

India’s friendly standing and moral status in Sri Lanka are at the mercy of Hindutva and hypernationalism

State patronage and geopolitics are strange bedfellows for Sri Lanka’s literary and art festivals

Events like the Galle Literary Festival and Matara Festival for the Arts have always been elite playgrounds, but now – to their detriment – they are also increasingly arenas of state power and international politics

By Dhanuka Bandara

/ 4 Apr 2024

State patronage and geopolitics are strange bedfellows for Sri Lanka’s literary and art festivals

Sri Lanka’s Online Safety Act brings it a step closer to Buddhist theocracy

Political monks have been clamouring for a blasphemy law, and the sacral component of the oppressive Online Safety Act gives the Sinhala Buddhist clergy the weapon it wanted

By Tisaranee Gunasekara

/ 29 Feb 2024

Sri Lanka’s Online Safety Act brings it a step closer to Buddhist theocracy

Southasia Review of Books podcast #01: V V Ganeshananthan on women's writing on the Sri Lankan civil war

A conversation with novelist V V Ganeshananthan about the books that define her latest novel ‘Brotherless Night’ and women’s writing on Sri Lanka’s long history of anti-Tamil violence

By The Editors

/ 26 Feb 2024

Southasia Review of Books podcast #01: V V Ganeshananthan on women's writing on the Sri Lankan civil war

Environmentalism is no longer just a fable in Southasian children’s literature

How contemporary Southasian writing moved beyond moralistic animal fables of the past to draw young readers to new environmental realities

By Meghaa Gupta

/ 23 Feb 2024

Environmentalism is no longer just a fable in Southasian children’s literature

Screen Southasia: Q/A session for 'Demons in Paradise'

A conversation with the filmmaker Jude Ratnam, director of 'Demons in Paradise'

By The Editors

/ 21 Feb 2024

Screen Southasia: Q/A session for 'Demons in Paradise'

The Ram Mandir is the tombstone for India as Southasia’s great secular exception

Many in Southasia earlier saw Indian secularism as an example for their own countries – but Narendra Modi’s mixing of Hinduism and politics has crushed India’s singular standing

By Vaibhav Vats

/ 16 Feb 2024

The Ram Mandir is the tombstone for India as Southasia’s great secular exception

Podcast: Cracks in the INDIA alliance, Pakistan accuses India of targeted assassinations, the detention of an Afghan poet and more

Your Southasia news roundup from 21 Jan - 2 Feb 2024

By The Editors

/ 3 Feb 2024

Podcast: Cracks in the INDIA alliance, Pakistan accuses India of targeted assassinations, the detention of an Afghan poet and more

Podcast: India’s hit and run law, the launch of XPoSAT, Muhammed Yunus convicted for labour law violations and more

Your Southasia news roundup from 24 Dec 2023 - 6 Jan 2024

By The Editors

/ 7 Jan 2024

Podcast: India’s hit and run law, the launch of XPoSAT, Muhammed Yunus convicted for labour law violations and more

Malaiyaha Tamils’ long march to equality in Sri Lanka

Retracing the journey that first brought them to the country 200 years ago, Malaiyaha Tamils reflect on their history and struggle as one of Sri Lanka’s most marginalised communities

By Jeevan Ravindran

/ 15 Dec 2023

Malaiyaha Tamils’ long march to equality in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka continues to militarise the state, despite the Rajapaksas’ fall

Repressive legislation such as the Bureau of Rehabilitation Act and the Anti-Terrorism Act follow naturally from the Rajapaksas’ post-war militarisation of Sri Lanka’s North and East

By Ambika Satkunanathan

/ 31 Jul 2023

Sri Lanka continues to militarise the state, despite the Rajapaksas’ fall

Sri Lanka’s exodus of healthcare workers

Following Sri Lanka’s economic crisis, the healthcare sector is experiencing a migration wave, which has led to a shortage of healthcare workers, impacting healthcare services, medical education, and health equity in the country.

By Inosha Alwis

/ 24 Jul 2023

Sri Lanka’s exodus of healthcare workers