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Podcasts from Himal Southasian – Southasia's magazine of politics and culture, since 1987.
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Bobuq Sayed on queer Afghan lives beyond borders: Southasia Review of Books #42 (opens the original)
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Two queer Afghan men, each forced away from home by circumstances beyond their control, find themselves in Istanbul, where their paths cross in unexpected ways. The writer, artist and poet Bobuq Sayed’s debut novel, ‘No God But Us’, follows Delbar, an aspiring drag queen who leaves his family in Washington DC after being outed, and Mansur, who has left Tehran and is trying to build a life in Istanbul while supporting the family he left behind. As their lives become increasingly entangled, the no
Sowmiya Ashok on what Keeladi tells us about India’s past – and present: Southasia Review of Books #41 (opens the original)
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In The Dig: Keeladi and the Politics of India’s Past , the Chennai-based journalist Sowmiya Ashok begins with an archaeological excavation in a village outside Madurai in the state of Tamil Nadu and unfolds a much larger story about history, identity, and the struggle over who gets to narrate India’s past. Since its discovery in 2014, Keeladi has become one of India’s most contested archaeological sites, drawing in debates around Tamil identity, language and nationalism. Moving between excavatio
Mirza Waheed on writing beyond the radicalisation story: Southasia Review of Books #40 (opens the original)
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What does it mean to reckon with loss when there are no clear answers? In Maryam & Son , Mirza Waheed explores that question through the story of Maryam Ali, a mother in London whose son disappears and is drawn into a distant conflict in Iraq. As she waits for answers, the novel moves between memory and grief, tracing what happens when the certainties of motherhood begin to unravel and private grief collides with public narratives. Waheed is the author of four acclaimed novels, including The Col
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