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"'Enlightened Leadership' struggles to decide whether it wants to be a political memoir or a book on leadership – and ultimately falls short on both efforts." Maximillian Mørch on the bland lessons and careful lies from Bhutan’s prime minister: himalmag.com/politics/tsher…

#Podcast: The anti-CAA protests for us was a breathing space where we could just be and with our identity on the street and resist and articulate this resistance in our own terms, says Afreen Fatima to Harsh Mander youtube.com/watch?v=_8o7AK…

The state’s crackdown on Baloch activists included violent raids on their homes, unlawful arrests, enforced disappearances and fabricated police cases, apart from detentions under the stringent MPO law, writes Jamaima Afridi himalmag.com/politics/baloc…

Coming up: Episode 2 of the new #podcast on Muslim Life – and Death – in Modi’s India. Harsh Mander (Harsh Mander) speaks to Hilal Ahmed (हिलाल अहमद Hilal Ahmed), an academic working on Muslim politics and representation, about Indian Muslims’ marginalisation and the myth of appeasement.

"Within Bhutan today, there is a distinct lack of freedom of expression, and the Bhutanese government has been repeatedly accused of serious human-rights abuses." Maximillian Mørch on the bland lessons and careful lies from Bhutan’s prime minister: himalmag.com/politics/tsher…

Indian Muslims have been rendered electorally dispensable and therefore politically irrelevant; some might even go further and regard them a political liability, writes Harsh Mander: himalmag.com/politics/india…

📚🎙️ “Assam especially has seen the worst side of the Indian state, the violence, the absolute brutality with an absolute contempt at which people were treated simply because they said, we want equal rights.” A conversation with Aruni Kashyap: himalmag.com/podcast/aruni-…

🎙️ "Why is it that every single time a woman, a Muslim woman who chooses not to wear a hijab she is celebrated but a Muslim woman who does choose to follow her obligations is not celebrated?" asks Afreen Fatima youtube.com/watch?v=_8o7AK…

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📚🎙️“Why should I let the state and other horrific forces that are brutalising society take centre stage in my art? I don't want to give the state that much space. It already assumes too much space.” A conversation with @arunikashyap.bsky.social: himalmag.com/podcast/aruni-…

"Those who want fair transitional justice in Bangladesh are left with a bleak outlook. The interim government faces obstruction, it lacks capacity, and it exists within a political context that favours revenge." Cyrus Naji writes: himalmag.com/politics/bangl…

Tshering Tobgay’s new memoir sidesteps the fraught history and difficult contemporary concerns obscured by Bhutan’s image as the “Kingdom of Happiness”. A review essay by Maximillian Mørch: himalmag.com/politics/tsher…

🎙️ "Why is it that every single time a woman, a Muslim woman who chooses not to wear a hijab she is celebrated but a Muslim woman who does choose to follow her obligations is not celebrated?" asks Afreen Fatima to Harsh Mander. Karwan e Mohabbat (Caravan of Love) youtube.com/watch?v=_8o7AK…

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🎙️ JJ Robinson (JJ Robinson) on how Maldives’ political culture under Muizzu is one of corporatised corruption, political intimidation and control through gangs. #StateofSouthasia #podcast himalmag.com/podcasts/maldi…

The state’s crackdown on Baloch activists included violent raids on their homes, unlawful arrests, enforced disappearances and fabricated police cases, apart from detentions under the stringent MPO law, writes Jamaima Afridi himalmag.com/politics/baloc…