Featured Articles
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Himal Interviews: Sri Lanka’s right to information
Interview
People & Politics
By The Editors, 24 Sep 2018
Interview with senior lawyer and a member of Sri Lanka’s RTI Commission, Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena.
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Good press, bad decision
Mediafile
By Chhetria Patrakar, 22 Sep 2018
Inter Press Service, the award, and the Bangladesh PM.
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President Nasheed speaks to Himal Southasian
Interview
Podcast
By The Editors, 21 Sep 2018
The former President of the Maldives speaks to us ahead of the upcoming presidential election.
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Strangulation by bureaucracy: the Maldivian case
Mediafile
By Chhetria Patrakar, 21 Sep 2018
The country has found an efficient method of controlling media coverage of the 2018 presidential election.
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Maldivian IMDb: Elections 2018
People & Politics
Reportage
By Peter Dorset, 20 Sep 2018
Can the Maldives’ opposition stage a dramatic comeback, or will this election be a continuation of democracy interrupted?
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Himal Interviews: Radhika Coomaraswamy on the UN report on Rohingya crisis
Podcast
By The Editors, 19 Sep 2018
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Letter from Myanmar
Commentary
People & Politics
By Annie Zaman, 18 Sep 2018
Myanmar’s civil society and journalists are divided over the landmark freedom-of-press case.
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Jail time in Bangladesh
People & Politics
Reportage
By Khademul Islam, 14 Sep 2018
Shahidul Alam and snapshots from Dhaka Central Jail.
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The 25-year-long battle against India’s anti-queer law
Commentary
People & Politics
Voices
By Chayanika Shah, 13 Sep 2018
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Neoliberalism, foreign aid and trade unions in Nepal
Interview
People & Politics
By The Editors, 12 Sep 2018
Interview with anthropologist Mallika Shakya on Nepal's political economy.
