Wife of missing Sri Lankan cartoonist Prageeth Ekneligoda, Sandhya and media activists at a Black January vigil to commemorate abducted, tortured and killed Sri Lankan journalists. The vigil is at Viharamahadevi Park in Colombo, and it is evening. The Buddha statue at the park can be seen in the backdrop. Sandya holds a poster of her husband's face saying 'Disappearance of Prageeth, government is silent' in one hand, and a candle in the other.

10 Apr 2026

Sixteen years after Prageeth Ekneligoda’s abduction, his wife Sandya continues to fight for justice for him amid ongoing impunity for crimes against journalists in Sri Lanka under Anura Kumara Dissana ...

A protest in Dhaka against civilian killings on the India–Bangladesh border. The view that India treats the border merely as a security problem with little regard for human life fuels deep public anger in Bangladesh.

Politics

The new power dynamic between India and Bangladesh

Shakeel Anwar

28 Apr 2026

Image of an old map of Chagos islands superimposed with Chagossians returning home, Maldivian president Mohamed Muizzu, the Seychelles governor responsible for displacing Chagossians and military installations on Diego Garcia.

Politics

Muizzu’s Maldives cooks up a sovereignty dispute over the Chagos Islands

Daniel Bosley

24 Apr 2026

A regular among India’s literati, the novelist and commentator Manu Joseph thrives on elite access, simultaneously courting and critiquing the liberal circles whose attention he commands.

Politics

The sound and fury of Manu Joseph

Diya Isha

22 Apr 2026

Culture

Himal Interviews: Wendy Doniger on myth and many Hinduisms

Shwetha Srikanthan

29 Apr 2026

Dalit History Month

A shopkeeper in Delhi with a statuette of B R Ambedkar for sale. Six new books on Ambedkar examine his life and thought with sincere reverence as well as honest critique.

Who gets to write about Ambedkar?

Harish S Wankhede

28 Jul 2023

24 min read

Gulmi, 1966. At the peak of the Panchayat period, this man sings songs about national glory: "Hamro Tenzing Sherpale Chadhyo Himal Chuchura" (Our Tenzing Sherpa has climbed to the top of the Himalaya). Gaines like him traveled from village to village singing songs about contemporary events.
Photo: Carl Hosticka / Nepal Picture Library

Reframing the Dalit experience

Laxmi Murthy

22 Aug 2019

10 min read

Caste on the streets: Dhaka’s street cleaners, many of them Dalits, faced a grim future even before the pandemic

Shah Tazrian Ashrafi

21 Jul 2020

8 min read

‘Dalit Voice’ and V T Rajshekar’s frustrated revolution

Ashik Kahina

05 Jan 2026

25 min read

Politics

The sound and fury of Manu Joseph

Diya Isha

22 Apr 2026

24 min read

A schoolboy wearing a face mask and uniform walks past a colourful Sinhala-language mural featuring illustrated students.

Politics

The battle for the ideals of free education in Sri Lanka

Dhanuka Bandara

08 Apr 2026

17 min read

Culture

The demise of Buddhist philosophy in Southasia and its journey to the east

Shashank Kela

24 Mar 2026

33 min read

Himal Southasian

The battle for justice for the disappeared Sri Lankan journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda

The new power dynamic between India and Bangladesh

Muizzu’s Maldives cooks up a sovereignty dispute over the Chagos Islands

The sound and fury of Manu Joseph

Himal Interviews: Wendy Doniger on myth and many Hinduisms

Dalit History Month

Who gets to write about Ambedkar?

Reframing the Dalit experience

Caste on the streets: Dhaka’s street cleaners, many of them Dalits, faced a grim future even before the pandemic

‘Dalit Voice’ and V T Rajshekar’s frustrated revolution

Books

The sound and fury of Manu Joseph

The battle for the ideals of free education in Sri Lanka

The demise of Buddhist philosophy in Southasia and its journey to the east