Thrilled to see my book 'Plains of Discontent: A Political History of Nepal's Tarai' featured in Himal Southasian’s list of 'Six books to understand Nepal’s recent upheaval'. An honour to share the spotlight with Pratyoush Onta, Prashant Jha, Manjushree Thapa, John Whelpton and others.

Earlier this month I sat down with Border Echo and the Karen Information Centre to discuss historic policy reforms in refugee support, the impact of funding cuts and the evolving situation for internally displaced people in southeastern Myanmar amid ongoing conflict.
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Bhutan’s new Mindfulness City is hailed as sustainable & values-based—but built on land once home to Lhotshampa refugees expelled in the 1990s.

I speak on the State of Southasia podcast (@Himalistan) about what this project erases.

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Over 106,000 refugees in nine camps along the Thai-Myanmar border depend on food assistance, but funding is increasingly uncertain. I spoke with BBC Burmese about why sustaining this support is more critical than ever.
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Happy to announce that my book, 'Plains of Discontent: A Political History of Nepal's Tarai' is now available as an eBook. Get your copy today from Thuprai!

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