The Southasian sensibility : a Himāl reader

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The Southasian sensibility : a Himāl reader

edited by Kanak Mani Dixit

Sage, 2012

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Summary: A collection of some of the best articles published over the past 25 years in Himal Southasian, South Asia's first and foremost regional news and analysis magazine

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The Southasian Sensibility: A Himal Reader is a collection of representative, seminal articles published over the past 25 years in Himal Southasian, Southasia's first and foremost regional news and analysis magazine. The essays are fine examples of long-form journalism, a format that Himal has pioneered in the Subcontinent. Marking the quarter century of the magazine, the Himal Reader argues for a regional mindset when tackling issues that touch the people of the Subcontinent. The focus throughout is for a humanist and progressive viewpoint, with a strong emphasis on human rights, democracy and social justice. The selected articles, whether discussing nationalism, regionalism, insurgency or cultural transformation, all reflect one aspect that Himal has striven to promote throughout its existence: a perspective that views the entire Southasian region as a single, composite entity even while respecting the plurality and integrity of its component parts.

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Introduction - Kanak Mani Dixit The Dragon Bites its Tail - Kanak Mani Dixit Axing Chipko - Manisha Aryal Far Eastern Himalaya-The Search for Distance and Dignity - Sanjoy Hazarika A Bangladeshi Looks for his Country - Afsan Chowdhury A Kashmiri Solution for Kashmir - Eqbal Ahmad The Fractured Image of Muhammad Ali Jinnah - Khaled Ahmed Generals as Governors: The Parallel Political Systems of Northeast India - Sanjib Baruah Eating with our Fingers, Watching Hindi Cinema and Consuming Cricket - S Anand The Dark White Shroud - Shruti Debi Between Despair and Hope: Interrogating 'Terrorism' - Dilip Simeon SAARC and the Sovereignty Bargain - Pratap Bhanu Mehta Relevance of the Middle Path: Rediscovering Gandhi for all Southasia - C K Lal Two Chairmen and a People - Kanak Mani Dixit Gujarat as Another Country: The Making and Reality of a Fascist Realm - Prashant Jha Reframing the 'Burma Question' - Thant Myint-U The Beauty of Compromise - Ramachandra Guha Understanding the Nepali Mandate - Prashant Jha A People on the Run - Rajan Hoole God and the Gospel of Globalisation - Meera Nanda Why Pakistan is not a Nation - Pervez Hoodbhoy A Tibet of the Mind - Tenzing Sonam Subsumed by History and Nation - Afsan Chowdhury

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