CETRI
| Title | Himal Southasian |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Country, continent | Nepal, Asia |
| Editor | The Southasia Trust, Lalitpur |
| Periodicity | daily |
| Editions | electronic |
| Website | http://www.himalmag.com/ |
News
Kashmiri protests over Iran and Palestine are also protests over (...)
Anuradha Bhasin 07/04/26
When news broke that Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, had been killed in a US-Israeli airstrike on 28 February, thousands of Kashmiris poured into Lal Chowk in the heart of Srinagar, scaling its iconic clock tower to drape it with his (...)
The institutional stakes of Nepal’s post-uprising election
Sanjeev Satgainya 05/03/26
After the Gen Z protests, Nepalis will choose between distinct political personalities – Balen Shah, Gagan Thapa and K P Sharma Oli – and different directions for the country’s democracy. With less than a week to go before Nepal goes to the polls (...)
Myanmar’s “general’s election” has failed before it has even started
Ma Thida 29/12/25
A suite of repressive laws make the outcome of Myanmar’s 2025–26 general election a foregone conclusion, but the public and the international community are unlikely to accept the result as the ruling military junta desperately seeks legitimacy On (...)
China and Saudi Arabia are walking the tightrope over Southasia’s (...)
Salman Rafi Sheikh 01/12/25
China and Saudi Arabia are attempting to rework Southasia’s geopolitics, but the problems of terrorism, economic fragility, the India–Pakistan rivalry may undo their ambitions RELATIONS BETWEEN the countries of Southasia are being quietly (...)
Nepal’s staggering journey from Gen Z protests to new government
Pranaya Rana 15/09/25
There are decades when nothing happens, and then days when decades happen. Two days – 8 and 9 September – changed the face of modern Nepal, figuratively and literally. What is happening in the country now is unprecedented. The entire state (...)
Sri Lanka : The Rajapaksas’ endless quest for power
Tisaranee Gunasekara 28/04/25
The Rajapaksas, led by Mahinda, laid waste to Sri Lanka with tyranny, corruption and Sinhala supremacism until an economic collapse brought them down – yet still the threat of their return remains MOST SRI LANKANS trust in the stars. (...)
The incomplete end of Nepal’s Hindu monarchy
Amish Raj Mulmi 15/04/25
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 royalist resurgence. In 1979, in the reign of Birendra Bir Bikram Shah, the (...)
Modi has forcibly integrated Kashmir with India but erased Kashmiris
Anuradha Bhasin 16/05/24
In the Modi years, India’s Hindu Right has achieved the near-complete subjugation of Indian-administered Kashmir, with the revocation of Article 370, increased militarisation and suspension of elections This story is part of ‘Modi’s India from the (...)
A new border in the old republic
Aditya Bahl 10/05/21
The class and caste-based contradictions within India’s farmers’ protest. For the first time in the history of postcolonial India, two different parades marked the Republic Day 2021 celebrations in New Delhi. At the Rashtrapati Bhavan, the (...)
Resisting a coup
Nai Aue Mon 22/03/21
How civil society is responding in the face of escalating violence in Myanmar. On 1 February, the military seized control of Myanmar after detaining National League for Democracy (NLD) leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other elected leaders, claiming (...)