Podcasts from Himal Southasian – Southasia's magazine of politics and culture, since 1987.
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Podcasts from Himal Southasian – Southasia's magazine of politics and culture, since 1987.
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June 26, 2026
Joe Sacco on the book Penguin India wouldn’t distribute: Southasia Review of Books #39
<p><strong>Episode description: </strong></p><p>For more than three decades, Joe Sacco has been at the forefront of graphic journalism, combining rigorous reporting with comics to document conflict, displacement and political violence. His landmark works, including ‘Palestine’ and ‘Footnotes in Gaza’, have helped define an entire genre and inspired generations of cartoonists and journalists.</p><p>His latest book, ‘The Once and Future Riot’ (2025), turns its attention to India, examining the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots in Uttar Pradesh and the political forces that shaped them. In doing so, it asks larger questions about violence, democracy, memory and the stories societies tell about themselves in the aftermath of conflict.</p><p>The book has also become the subject of a controversy of its own. Earlier this year, Penguin India decided not to distribute it after raising a series of legal and editorial objections, prompting wider debates about censorship and how histories of violence are told.</p><p>In this episode of the Southasia Review of Books podcast – a show from Himal Southasian featuring conversations with celebrated authors and emerging literary voices from across Southasia – we speak to Sacco about ‘The Once and Future Riot’, the controversy surrounding its publication, and more. </p><p>This episode is also available on-</p><p>Youtube: https://youtu.be/FemACGTJhyw</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/joe-sacco-on-the-book-penguin-india-wouldnt/id1464880116?i=1000774285127</p><p><br></p>
February 28, 2026
Nepal Elections 2026: Parties, Power, and the Promise of Change | Himal Conversations
<p>Nepal goes to the polls on 5 March 2026. But what do these elections actually mean for a country still navigating the turbulence of its recent past?In this episode, Himal's editor Roman Gautam and associate editor Nayantara Narayanan are joined by law student and intersectional feminist Anjali Sah and writer and journalist Pranaya Rana for a wide-ranging conversation on Nepal's upcoming general elections.They dig into the parties contesting and what they actually stand for, the tired persistence of the old guard and whether a new generation of politics is genuinely possible, the unfinished business of federalism, the stubborn underrepresentation of women candidates, and very importantly - what last year's Gen Z protests revealed about the deep frustrations simmering beneath the surface of Nepali public life.Nepal has been through a remarkable and often painful political journey, from monarchy to republic, from civil war to constitution, and yet the same faces, the same compromises, and the same impunity have a way of enduring. This conversation asks whether March 5 is a turning point, or another chapter in a longer story of deferred hope.</p>
February 11, 2026
The high stakes of the 2026 Bangladesh election | Nusmila Lohani and Zyma Islam
<p>On 12 February 2026, Bangladesh holds its first election since the July Revolution in 2024 that overthrew the authoritarian government of Sheikh Hasina and the Awami League. These polls are among the most critical in the country’s tumultuous history. Hasina’s exile, a ban on the Awami League and a generational change in the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) after Khaleda Zia’s death have transformed the face of Bangladesh politics. Himal's editor Roman Gautam and associate editor Nayantara Narayanan speak to Bangladeshi journalists Zyma Islam and Nusmita Lohani to unpack Bangladesh’s contested present and recent past, offering nuance and deeper perspective to make sense of the election and what comes after it. </p><p>Read the rest of our coverage here :https://www.himalmag.com/politics/bangladesh-election-bnp-jamaat-islamist-hasin</p><p><br /></p><p>You can also listen to this conversation on</p><p>🎧 YouTube: https://youtu.be/HqEEI5GNna4 </p><p>🎧 Apple podcasts:Himal Southasian is Southasia’s first and only regional news and analysis magazine. Stretching from Afghanistan to Burma, from Tibet to the Maldives, this region of more than 1.4 billion people shares great swathes of interlocking geography, culture and history. Yet today neighbouring countries can barely talk to one another, much less speak in a common voice. For three decades, Himal Southasian has strived to define, nurture, and amplify that voice. </p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Read more:</strong> https://www.himalmag.com/</p><p><strong>Support</strong> our independent journalism and become a Patron of Himal: https://www.himalmag.com/support-himal<strong>Find us on: </strong></p><p>https://twitter.com/Himalistan</p><p>https://www.facebook.com/himal.southasian</p><p>https://www.instagram.com/himalistan/#bangladesh #bangladeshelection2026 #democracy #awamileague #bnp #sheikhhasina #southasianvoices #southasianlanguage #southasiageopolitics #editorialanalysis #journalism #southasianews #netrachannel #dailystar #politics #podcast #politicalupdates #politicalpodcast #generalknowledge #general #generalelections</p>
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