2+ day, 14+ hour ago  (1157+ words) The Sa RB podcast returns with Joe Sacco, a review essay on home and India's great men, and this month's notable Southasian releases We've been keeping something very special under wraps: the Southasia Review of Books podcast is returning next…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (533+ words) Himal Southasian Creamy Layer " Himal Fiction Fest 2026 A Gujarati short story by Neerav Patel, translated by Hemang Ashwinkumar "Creamy Layer" is one of a handful of stories by Neerav Patel, who is known primarily as a major Dalit poet in…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago  (290+ words) Himal Southasian India's great men and the neglected women and homes that made them Gyanendra Pandey's new book reads the lives of India's great 20th-century writers and reformers through the home, revealing how domestic life sustained gendered hierarchies even as…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago  (161+ words) Protests against dress code rules in Afghanistan, Delhi high court quashes Newsclick case, protests in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and more Speaking of our website, you've probably noticed the new look as the magazine celebrates turning 39 this year. We're excited about the…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago  (224+ words) A Tamil short story by G Nagarajan first published in Kannadasan magazine in 1968, translated by Ashik Kahina What drove G Nagarajan " a handsome, cultured and talented Brahmin, a passionate Communist and teacher " to abandon his job, party and family for…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (410+ words) 100 Sunset" and the emotional consequences of the Tibetan diaspora"s migration to the West Himal Southasian 100 Sunset" and the emotional consequences of the Tibetan diaspora"s migration to the West Set in Toronto"s Tibetan community, Kunsang Kyirong"s 100 Sunset…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (259+ words) A Sinhala short story from Piyal Kariyawasam's 2008 collection "Aachari seeya dutu didulana andakaraya', translated by Gaya Nagahawatta A Sinhala-language short story by Piyal Kariyawasam, "The Scintillating Darkness Sighted by the Aged Blacksmith' " "Aachari seeya dutu didulana andakaraya' (" " " ") in the original…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (324+ words) Himal Southasian The Shroud Thief " Himal Fiction Fest 2026 A Kashmiri short story from Amin Kamils 1966 collection Kathi Manz Kath, translated by Rounak Bhat In a Kashmiri village, the dead are suddenly denied the right to rest in peace, one by…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (539+ words) Thant Myint-U's new account of his grandfather reconstructs a lost era of postcolonial internationalism through the story of a Burmese diplomat who led the UN through the world's most defining crises Yes, we are somehow already in June, which means…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (455+ words) Himal Southasian U Thant and the lost promise of the United Nations Thant Myint-U's new book on his grandfather, the first non-white secretary-general of the UN, revisits an era when the institution inspired expectations of internationalist diplomatic leadership that have…...