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November 26, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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The practice of associating speech with social position has deep historical roots in Southasia, and caste identity embeds itself even in basic vocabulary.

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Gandhi visiting a sweepers colony in 1946. Jawaharlal Nehru and Vallabhai Patel are in the right of the photo. The photo is in black and white.
November 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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November 23, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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November 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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M Rajshekhar on his Global Shining Light award-nominated #Vantara investigation: "If we were to measure stories in terms of just pure strangeness, this report is stranger than the rest of any of my reports put together."
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November 22, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Delhi, Multan or Herat?

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November 22, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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November 22, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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On 17 November, Bangladesh’s former prime minister Sheikh Hasina was sentenced to death in absentia by the domestic International Crimes Tribunal she established to investigate crimes committed during the 1971 Liberation War.

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Sheikh Hasina's death sentence and Bangladesh's fragile 2026 election. On 17 November, Bangladesh's former prime minister Sheikh Hasina was sentenced to death in absentia by the domestic International Crimes Tribunal she established to investigate crimes committed during the 1971 Liberation War. Hasina received the sentence for her role in the violent suppression of student protesters during the 2024 uprising. Watchdogs estimate that around 1400 people were killed between 15 July and 5 August, many of them at the hands of security forces. Leaked audio recordings appeared to show Hasina authorising the use of lethal weapons; she later denied ordering security forces to shoot at protesters. The verdict places India in a diplomatic quandary, given that Hasina remains in Delhi despite repeated requests from Bangladesh to extradite her. Her presence underscores the close relationship India maintained with the Awami League regime. Your radar on the region. Sign up to receive the next Southasia Weekly newsletter. Link in bio.
November 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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November 21, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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November 21, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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📣 🎙️ On Saffron Siege: What role has the #RSS played in communal violence in India over the years? The anthropologist Thomas Blom Hansen and journalist Qurban Ali discuss with Harsh Mander
Episode out today (Wednesday, 19 November). Watch this space
November 19, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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November 17, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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Kanchipuram, Kathmandu or Kochchikade? Guess where this week's photo was taken in the Snap Southasia segment of Southasia Weekly, out now: bit.ly/HimalNewslet...
Photo of puja in front of Sivan kovil
November 16, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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November 15, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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What exists in the world beyond the Indus River?
Barrah Kunaan reviews Indus Echoes, the first Sindhi language film released in Pakistan in 28 years. buff.ly/wxDWf0R
#IndusEchoes #Sindhi #cinema #Southasianmovies #Pakistanimovies
November 15, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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Early results as of 4 pm on 14 November show the ruling National Democratic Alliance, which includes India's Bharatiya Janata Party, is headed for a landslide win at Bihar's assembly elections. But bigger questions loom around the result.

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November 14, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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#IndusEchoes is the first #Sindhi language film to be released in Pakistani cinemas in 28 years. Yet, reception to the film was muted in Karachi.

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Two men on a boat, floating on a still lake. One man is standing, one is sitting. The photo is in greyscale. This is a still from Indus Echoes, a Sindhi language film set in Sindh, Pakistan.
November 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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November 14, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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November 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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📣 🎙️ On Saffron Siege: Social activist Bhanwar Meghwanshi speaks to Harsh Mander about his journey from RSS worker to critic of the Sangh, and how the RSS and BJP are using Dalits for political power.
Episode out on Wednesday, 12 November. #mustwatch
November 12, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Honoring World #Urdu Day (9 November) through a selection of readings tracing the language’s radical and intimate histories.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Tellingly, many Indian media outlets described #ZohranMamdani as the first Southasian to be elected mayor of New York, avoiding mention of his identity as an Indian-American.
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November 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Where in #Southasia was this photo taken?

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November 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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November 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM