himalmaghttps://www.himalmag.com/2024-03-18T12:51:05.861Zurn:uuid:7a085710-7211-4123-90d3-ba72ab8b4a01Stigma still keeps mothers and children with HIV in India from accessing treatment2024-03-18T12:51:05.861Z2024-03-18T12:51:05.861ZAliya BashirDespite strides made in reducing HIV prevalence and stigma, many mothers still hide their HIV-positive status from their families – with serious consequences for their children as wellurn:uuid:0f262ada-c71c-4eaa-aef4-8b026fa215a4Prabir Purkayastha’s fight against two Emergencies in India – under Modi and Indira Gandhi2024-03-14T13:27:29.039Z2024-03-14T13:27:29.039ZLaxmi MurthyPrabir Purkayastha’s fight against two Emergencies in India – under Modi and Indira Gandhi
New books by the imprisoned founding editor of NewsClick trace his personal and political journey across two grim periods, and weave in insightful critique of science and technologyurn:uuid:24f41420-2550-4d48-b258-219d94785609State of Southasia #02: Ayesha Siddiqa on Pakistan’s stormy election and its message for the military2024-03-11T06:12:03.080Z2024-03-11T06:12:03.080ZThe EditorsPolitical and military analyst Ayesha Siddiqa discusses the support for Imran Khan in Pakistan’s recent election, the formation of a new government under Shebaz Sharif and growing public disaffection with the military
urn:uuid:8c921ccd-d00d-4e68-a81e-2c5e8ecebcbfThe ethical and legal violations of the Oscar-nominated ‘To Kill a Tiger’2024-03-08T14:28:27.759Z2024-03-08T14:28:27.759ZAnna M M VetticadThe ethical and legal violations of the Oscar-nominated ‘To Kill a Tiger’: The Canadian documentary chronicles the fight for justice after a 13-year-old girl was gang-raped in Jharkhand, but its reckless approach violates India’s Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Acturn:uuid:b0ba78a2-8426-4ca0-8bb6-eff078d7e23fHow government bulldozers razed the hopes of the landless in Jammu and Kashmir2024-03-05T14:22:28.654Z2024-03-05T14:22:28.654ZRayan Naqashurn:uuid:1b54eedb-facb-4206-a032-15e41514ce9aSri Lanka’s Online Safety Act brings it a step closer to Buddhist theocracy2024-02-29T13:19:35.916Z2024-02-29T13:19:35.916ZTisaranee GunasekaraSri 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
urn:uuid:2aad043b-6c4a-4196-a4e6-7de1342ae799China’s long but stuttering history of studying Southasia2024-02-28T02:35:54.443Z2024-02-28T02:35:54.443ZAneka Rebecca RajbhandariSummary:
Chinese scholars have critically examined Southasian languages and literature for decades, and more recently have looked towards the region for its own economic development. Yet, too many scholars of Southasia in China rely on second-hand research. urn:uuid:f19bbf80-edae-4377-bb19-d923e89b25d0 Southasia Review of Books podcast #01: V V Ganeshananthan on 'Brotherless Night' and women's writing on the Sri Lankan civil war2024-02-26T02:31:42.216Z2024-02-26T02:31:42.216ZThe Editorsurn:uuid:01ec9e54-29b8-4d8a-a3fa-231fa64cdb86Environmentalism is no longer just a fable in Southasian children’s literature2024-02-23T09:58:10.561Z2024-02-23T09:58:10.561ZMeghaa Guptaurn:uuid:f6c278bf-1ec2-48f4-bc3b-53612152b629Screen Southasia: Q/A session for 'Demons in Paradise'2024-02-21T09:36:39.392Z2024-02-21T09:36:39.392ZThe Editorsurn:uuid:dd00c1a8-e03f-4d59-96f8-b65c168d514bAbraham Verghese’s path as a different kind of diaspora writer2024-02-20T04:33:49.665Z2024-02-20T04:33:49.665ZPrathap Nairurn:uuid:d9cbc3fa-b463-4af0-99ef-36a1b6144d92The Ram Mandir is the tombstone for India as Southasia’s great secular exception2024-02-16T09:14:15.449Z2024-02-16T09:14:15.449ZVaibhav Vatsurn:uuid:a52c7e20-8a87-4de6-a6a1-5d80a2cc04eeThe enduring personality cult of Narendra Modi 2024-02-13T05:33:26.916Z2024-02-13T05:33:26.916ZChristophe Jaffreloturn:uuid:15a3e75e-c815-473d-8e26-2c114ce80547State of Southasia #01: Anand Patwardhan on the Ram Mandir and the long life of ‘Ram ke naam’2024-02-12T04:21:48.547Z2024-02-12T04:21:48.547ZThe Editorsurn:uuid:666bba54-3934-465f-8452-a654563416b0The real secrets around Himalayan art surround those who collect it2024-02-08T10:49:38.453Z2024-02-08T10:49:38.453ZErin L Thompsonurn:uuid:36882db8-41bf-4538-8d66-7446834fdaafWith an unfree and unfair election, Pakistan prepares to repeat its past2024-02-05T11:46:28.936Z2024-02-05T11:46:28.936ZSalman Rafi Sheikhurn:uuid:33ca6660-8967-4083-bdb2-f9dc731fb193INTERVIEW: Unpacking India’s caste census2024-02-04T14:15:25.911Z2024-02-04T14:15:25.911ZThe Editorsurn:uuid:b428fcc2-a7dd-4816-a40f-59aa39d3e2a1Podcast: Cracks in the INDIA alliance, Pakistan accuses India of targeted assassinations, the detention of an Afghan poet and more2024-02-03T11:41:56.880Z2024-02-03T11:41:56.880ZThe Editorsurn:uuid:857be256-748b-4ca1-9be3-f2cac05f6455The uses and abuses of Bangladesh’s law-enforcement and prison systems2024-01-29T17:47:43.725Z2024-01-29T17:47:43.725ZSayrat Salekinurn:uuid:d8588345-30f1-4fd7-bc76-a718c42964f0Colonial and casteist ideas still shape criminalisation and policing in India 2024-01-24T14:37:06.000Z2024-01-24T14:37:06.000ZNikita Sonavane