Himal Southasian: Under the Bollywood Tree – latest issue, launched at the Bangalore Literature Festival recently
My article in The Friday Times last week (thanks to Raza Rumi for pushing me to write this, despite the tight deadline):
A Southasian vision
For regional peace, development and prosperity, it is imperative to improve India-Pakistan relations
Beena Sarwar
I like how the Nepali journalist Kanak Mani Dixit refers to the Indian sub-continent: Southasia. One word. Kanak explains why, in the respected magazine Himal Southasian that he edits, that I am proud to be editorially associated with since its launch in 1997. As a magazine “seeking to restore some of the historical unity of our common living space – without wishing any violence on the existing nation states – we believe that the aloof geographical term ‘South Asia’ needs to be injected with some feeling. ‘Southasia’ does the trick for us, albeit the word is limited to English-language discourse. Continue reading
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