From Himal Southasian Violent pro-monarchy protests reveal Nepal’s incomplete transition from Hindu kingdom to secular republic, with nationalist myths and India’s Hindu Right feeding into
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Sri Lanka’s civil war (1983-2009) between government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a separatist Tamil militant and political organization fighting for
Yesterday was a day of great strength, solidarity, and remembrance of women workers’ historic struggles for rights and against tyrants. Support for the striking ASHA
What more do parties like the CPI(M) and others who think like them want to wait for the Modi regime, powered by the RSS and
The ASHA workers’ strike in Kerala is entering its third week. We are appalled by the CPI(M)-led government’s apathy and the disgusting ignorance of the
From Himal Southasian Biren Singh’s BJP-led Manipur state government has used arrests, intimidation and narrative manipulation as tools to dominate the public and exacerbate decades-old
During the period when Bangladesh was still a part of Pakistan, the resistance of its people began against ethnic discrimination, regional disparities, economic inequality, oppression,
From Himal Southasian Refugees from the war in Myanmar live in fear of harassment, imprisonment and deportation in the border areas of Northeast India and
From Freedom News Lethal repression of student protests triggers widespread revolt against political quotas and authoritarianism For three weeks, an insurrectionary movement has been rising
The 2024 Lok Sabha Elections produced the façade of sameness as 2019 was almost re-enacted in Kerala. Yet, the present elections should ring the alarm
From Himal Southasian India’s ruling BJP claims to have overcome the “tyranny of distance” that has plagued the Northeast but its politics have created greater
The author’s pieces on Hindutva in the 1980s had forecast many of the trends that are visible today. K. Balagopal was a civil rights activist
JURIST: Professor Kanjwal, to the readers of JURIST who might be unaware, can you give a brief history of the territory of Kashmir, including how