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🎙️The political commentator Ayesha Jalal says #Pakistan's 27th amendment only further solidifies the long-standing military authoritarianism and manipulation of the judiciary. #StateOfSouthasia
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Ahmed Naish on Maldives’s controversial new media regulation law: State of Southasia #34 On 18 September, Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu ratified a new media law aimed at streamlining media regulation and seeking to curb disinformation. The law a

In light of the #Maldives government launching a new code of ethics for journalists in the country, check out a recent #StateofSouthasia podcast episode in which Ahmed Naish of Maldives Independent breaks down the country’s new media regulation law.
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Shafiur Rahman on the Rohingya’s endless troubles in Bangladesh: State of Southasia #20
Shafiur Rahman on the Rohingya’s endless troubles in Bangladesh: State of Southasia #20 The Rohingya are facing a new crisis. Cuts to foreign aid by the United States government under Donald Trump have caused huge upsets in the humanitarian sector worldwide and refugees are among the…

A boat of #Rohingya refugees has capsized near Malaysia, leaving at least 11 dead. For more on the difficulties faced by Rohingya fleeing to #Bangladesh amidst persecution in #Myanmar, revisit our #StateofSouthasia podcast episode from March featuring journalist Shafiur Rahman

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State of Southasia #11: Jyoti Rahman on rebuilding democracy in Bangladesh Muhammad Yunus’ interim government needs to implement reforms to resurrect institutions that Sheikh Hasina had all but dismantled, starting with law and order and banking, says economist and…

In the wake of violence at political campaign events in #Bangladesh ahead of scheduled 2026 elections, revisit our #StateofSouthasia episode with Jyoti Rahman from last fall which discusses necessary reforms under the interim #Yunus government

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Alpa Shah on the Bhima Koregaon case and India’s democratic decline: State of Southasia #22 The Bhima Koragaon case has come to be seen as emblematic of the gravest problems with India's democracy. Between June 2018 and October 2020, 16 people were arr

Writer Alpa Shah joined our #StateofSouthasia podcast in April to discuss the #BK16 case. Revisit the episode now for additional context after reading Uttaran Das Gupta’s review.

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Sharda Ugra on the rise (and the challenges) of women’s cricket: State of Southasia #35
Sharda Ugra on the rise (and the challenges) of women’s cricket: State of Southasia #35 As the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup reaches its final week, veteran sports journalist Sharda Ugra examines the progress that women’s cricket in Southasia has made in recent years – especially since…

🎙️ #StateofSouthasia: Sharda Ugra reflects on the growth in performance and professionalism in #women’s #cricket, while also pointing to the uneven marketing, sponsorship, and administrative support that continue to hold the game back. #CWC25

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Sharda Ugra on the rise (and the challenges) of women’s cricket: State of Southasia #35
Sharda Ugra on the rise (and the challenges) of women’s cricket: State of Southasia #35 As the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup reaches its final week, veteran sports journalist Sharda Ugra examines the progress that women’s cricket in Southasia has made in recent years – especially since…

🎙️On the latest episode of #StateofSouthasia, Sports journalist Sharda Ugra discusses the lazy marketing of ICC Women’s World Cup, pay disparities between men and women cricketers and the change to the game in recent years

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Sharda Ugra on the rise (and the challenges) of women’s cricket: State of Southasia #35
Sharda Ugra on the rise (and the challenges) of women’s cricket: State of Southasia #35 As the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup reaches its final week, veteran sports journalist Sharda Ugra examines the progress that women’s cricket in Southasia has made in recent years – especially since…

🎙️ #StateofSouthasia: Sharda Ugra reflects on the growth in performance and professionalism in #women’s #cricket, while also pointing to the uneven marketing, sponsorship, and administrative support that continue to hold the game back. #CWC25 #womenscricket

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Sharda Ugra on the rise (and the challenges) of women’s cricket: State of Southasia #35
Sharda Ugra on the rise (and the challenges) of women’s cricket: State of Southasia #35 As the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup reaches its final week, veteran sports journalist Sharda Ugra examines the progress that women’s cricket in Southasia has made in recent years – especially since…

🎙️On the latest episode of #StateofSouthasia, Sports journalist Sharda Ugra discusses the lazy marketing of ICC Women’s World Cup, pay disparities between men and women cricketers and the change to the game in recent years
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Sharda Ugra on the rise (and the challenges) of women’ cricket: State of Southasia #35
Sharda Ugra on the rise (and the challenges) of women’ cricket: State of Southasia #35 As the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup reaches its final week, veteran sports journalist Sharda Ugra examines the progress that women’s cricket in Southasia has made in recent years – especially since…

🎙️ #StateofSouthasia: Sharda Ugra reflects on the growth in performance and professionalism in #women’s #cricket, while also pointing to the uneven marketing, sponsorship, and administrative support that continue to hold the game back. #CWC25

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Sharda Ugra on the rise (and the challenges) of women’ cricket: State of Southasia #35
Sharda Ugra on the rise (and the challenges) of women’ cricket: State of Southasia #35 As the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup reaches its final week, veteran sports journalist Sharda Ugra examines the progress that women’s cricket in Southasia has made in recent years – especially since…

🎙️ On the latest episode of #StateofSouthasia, sports journalist Sharda Ugra discusses the lazy marketing of ICC Women’s World Cup, pay disparities between men and women cricketers and the change to the game in recent years
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Ahmed Naish on Maldives’s controversial new media regulation law: State of Southasia #34
Ahmed Naish on Maldives’s controversial new media regulation law: State of Southasia #34 On 18 September, Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu ratified a new media law aimed at streamlining media regulation and seeking to curb disinformation. The law allowed the creation of a new commission…

🎙️ In the #Maldives, the majority of the media is online and most people rely on digital news websites. A new law now grants a government commission extensive powers to regulate such outlets. Ahmed Naish comments on #StateofSouthasia

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Daanish Mustafa on Pakistan’s recurring flood disasters: State of Southasia #33
Daanish Mustafa on Pakistan’s recurring flood disasters: State of Southasia #33 Since June, Pakistan has experienced yet another season of severe monsoon flooding, with particularly heavy impacts across the Punjab region. Flood waters and landslides have claimed many hundreds of…

🎙️ #PakistanFloods: "One promise of climate change is true, that whatever averages that you have known in the past are not going to hold into the future," says Daanish Mustafa to @nayantaran on #StateofSouthasia

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GenZ hopes for an inclusive new Nepal: State of Southasia #32
GenZ hopes for an inclusive new Nepal: State of Southasia #32 All eyes have been on Nepal since last week when a large but loosely organised protest by young people in Kathmandu turned into a revolution that brought down the government. On September 8th, many…

🎙️ “This government structure never really took young people, especially the Gen Z people, as serious political or non-political actors," said climate activist Tashi Lhazom last month on #StateofSouthasia. She is now slated to join #Nepal's cabinet.

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GenZ hopes for an inclusive new Nepal: State of Southasia #32
GenZ hopes for an inclusive new Nepal: State of Southasia #32 All eyes have been on Nepal since last week when a large but loosely organised protest by young people in Kathmandu turned into a revolution that brought down the government. On September 8th, many…

🎙️ “This government structure never really took young people, especially the Gen Z people, as serious political or non-political actors," said climate activist Tashi Lhazom last month on #StateofSouthasia. She is now slated to join #Nepal's cabinet.

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Ahmed Naish on Maldives’s controversial new media regulation law: State of Southasia #34
Ahmed Naish on Maldives’s controversial new media regulation law: State of Southasia #34 On 18 September, Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu ratified a new media law aimed at streamlining media regulation and seeking to curb disinformation. The law allowed the creation of a new commission…

🎙️ In the #Maldives, the majority of the media is online and most people rely on digital news websites. A new law now grants a government commission extensive powers to regulate such outlets. Ahmed Naish from Maldives Independent comments on #StateofSouthasia

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Ahmed Naish on Maldives’s controversial new media regulation law: State of Southasia #34
Ahmed Naish on Maldives’s controversial new media regulation law: State of Southasia #34 On 18 September, Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu ratified a new media law aimed at streamlining media regulation and seeking to curb disinformation. The law allowed the creation of a new commission…

🎙️ In the #Maldives, the majority of the media is online and most people rely on digital news websites for information. A new law now grants a government commission extensive powers to regulate such media outlets. Ahmed Naish (@IndependentMV) comments on #StateofSouthasia

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GenZ hopes for an inclusive new Nepal: State of Southasia #32
GenZ hopes for an inclusive new Nepal: State of Southasia #32 All eyes have been on Nepal since last week when a large but loosely organised protest by young people in Kathmandu turned into a revolution that brought down the government. On September 8th, many…

🎙️ “This government structure never really took young people, especially the Gen Z people, as serious political or non-political actors," said climate activist Tashi Lhazom last month on #StateofSouthasia. Next week, she is slated to join #Nepal's cabinet.
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Daanish Mustafa on Pakistan’s recurring flood disasters: State of Southasia #33
Daanish Mustafa on Pakistan’s recurring flood disasters: State of Southasia #33 Since June, Pakistan has experienced yet another season of severe monsoon flooding, with particularly heavy impacts across the Punjab region. Flood waters and landslides have claimed many hundreds of…

🎙️ #StateofSouthasia "We’ve only thought about water as a hazard or as a resource. But it's also a locus of spiritual life. There's a certain experience of water, which includes aesthetics, spirituality, sociability, history, identity," says Daanish Mustafa

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Daanish Mustafa on Pakistan’s recurring flood disasters: State of Southasia #33 Since June, Pakistan has experienced yet another season of severe monsoon flooding, with particularly heavy impacts across the Punjab region. Flood waters and landslides have claimed many hundreds of…

🎙️ #StateofSouthasia "We’ve only thought about water as a hazard or as a resource. But it's also a locus of spiritual life. There's a certain experience of water, which includes aesthetics, spirituality, sociability, history, identity," says Daanish Mustafa

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Daanish Mustafa on Pakistan’s recurring flood disasters: State of Southasia #33
Daanish Mustafa on Pakistan’s recurring flood disasters: State of Southasia #33 Since June, Pakistan has experienced yet another season of severe monsoon flooding, with particularly heavy impacts across the Punjab region. Flood waters and landslides have claimed many hundreds of…

🎙️ #StateofSouthasia #PakistanFloods: "Since 2000 to 2025, they have been 13 events with more than a billion dollars damage and more than 100 fatalities in Pakistan. The intensity is increasing, the frequency is increasing," says Daanish Mustafa

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Daanish Mustafa on Pakistan’s recurring flood disasters: State of Southasia #33 Since June, Pakistan has experienced yet another season of severe monsoon flooding, with particularly heavy impacts across the Punjab region. Flood waters and landslides have claimed many hundreds of…

🎙️ #StateofSouthasia #PakistanFloods: "Since 2000 to 2025, they have been 13 events with more than a billion dollars damage and more than 100 fatalities in Pakistan. The intensity is increasing, the frequency is increasing," says Daanish Mustafa

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Daanish Mustafa on Pakistan’s recurring flood disasters: State of Southasia #33
Daanish Mustafa on Pakistan’s recurring flood disasters: State of Southasia #33 Since June, Pakistan has experienced yet another season of severe monsoon flooding, with particularly heavy impacts across the Punjab region. Flood waters and landslides have claimed many hundreds of…

🎙️ #PakistanFloods: "One promise of climate change is true, that whatever averages that you have known in the past are not going to hold into the future," says Daanish Mustafa to Nayantara Narayanan on #StateofSouthasia

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Daanish Mustafa on Pakistan’s recurring flood disasters: State of Southasia #33
Daanish Mustafa on Pakistan’s recurring flood disasters: State of Southasia #33 Since June, Pakistan has experienced yet another season of severe monsoon flooding, with particularly heavy impacts across the Punjab region. Flood waters and landslides have claimed many hundreds of…

🎙️ #StateofSouthasia "We’ve only thought about water as a hazard or as a resource. But it's also a locus of spiritual life. There's a certain experience of water, which includes aesthetics, spirituality, sociability, history, identity," says @Daanibhai about #Pakistanfloods

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Daanish Mustafa on Pakistan’s recurring flood disasters: State of Southasia #33
Daanish Mustafa on Pakistan’s recurring flood disasters: State of Southasia #33 Since June, Pakistan has experienced yet another season of severe monsoon flooding, with particularly heavy impacts across the Punjab region. Flood waters and landslides have claimed many hundreds of…

🎙️ #PakistanFloods: "One promise of climate change is true, that whatever averages that you have known in the past are not going to hold into the future," says @Daanibhai to @nayantaran on #StateofSouthasia

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Daanish Mustafa on Pakistan’s recurring flood disasters: State of Southasia #33 Since June, Pakistan has experienced yet another season of severe monsoon flooding, with particularly heavy impacts across the Punjab region. Flood waters and l

🎙️ #StateofSouthasia "We’ve only thought about water as a hazard or as a resource. But it's also a locus of spiritual life. There's a certain experience of water, which includes aesthetics, spirituality, sociability, history, identity," says Daanish Mustafa about #Pakistan floods
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🎙️ On the #StateofSouthasia podcast: A conversation with Daanish Mustafa on Southasia's destructive floods, the politics of water, and news ways of thinking about water management.
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🎙️ #StateofSouthasia #PakistanFloods: "Since 2000 to 2025, they have been 13 events with more than a billion dollars damage and more than 100 fatalities in Pakistan. The intensity is increasing, the frequency is increasing," says Daanish Mustafa
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Daanish Mustafa on Pakistan’s recurring flood disasters: State of Southasia #33
Daanish Mustafa on Pakistan’s recurring flood disasters: State of Southasia #33 Since June, Pakistan has experienced yet another season of severe monsoon flooding, with particularly heavy impacts across the Punjab region. Flood waters and landslides have claimed many hundreds of…

🎙️ #StateofSouthasia #PakistanFloods: "Since 2000 to 2025, they have been 13 events with more than a billion dollars damage and more than 100 fatalities in Pakistan. The intensity is increasing, the frequency is increasing," says Daanish Mustafa, expert in critical geographies

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Umesh Moramudali on Southasia and the Trump tariffs: State of Southasia #28 Donald Trump, the president of the United States, had kept the global economy on tenterhooks for the last four months. On 2 April, he announced a set of import

In light of President #Trump's incitement for the #EuropeanUnion to increase its #tariffs on #India, revisit Umesh Moramudali's #StateofSouthasia podcast episode, where he discusses the repercussions on the Southasian region.

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