A conversation with the journalist Sowmiya Ashok on how an archaeological excavation in Tamil Nadu became a powerful symbol of Tamil identity and a flashpoint in larger battles over history in India
The real Himalaya of the pundit explorers, plus this month in Southasian publishing – from Mizoram’s political history to the Bangla language movement, ‘love jihad’ and more
S Shakthidharan’s memoir of Sri Lanka’s unfinished war, plus this month in Southasian publishing – from Qurratulain Hyder to Hindutva spectacle, Tibetan activism and more
The Kashmiri-British writer discusses his new novel ‘Maryam & Son’, the language of bureaucracy and surveillance, and the intimate lives that exist past the headlines
An excerpt from Chandu Maheria’s memoir and this month’s Southasian publishing – from new fiction and Dalit histories to Mumbai's food cultures and the Indian Ocean's pearl divers
The SaRB podcast returns with Joe Sacco, plus this month’s Southasian publishing – from new books on Mughal history to Afghan memoirs and India's Paralympic movement
The acclaimed comic-journalist discusses ‘The Once and Future Riot’, violence as a political tool, and the controversy surrounding Penguin India’s decision not to distribute his book
Thant Myint-U’s new account of his grandfather reconstructs a lost era of postcolonial internationalism through the story of a Burmese diplomat who led the UN through the world’s most defining crises
Audrey Truschke's ‘India: 5,000 Years of History in the Subcontinent’ revisits millennia of Southasia’s past beyond dynasties and nationalist mythmaking
Tamil writing under scrutiny in Sri Lanka, new books on authoritarianism and radical democracy, an Afghan memoir of food and exile, a landmark translation from Angika, and more from across Southasian publishing
