# southasia (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover southasia. Page: Feed: --- ## [Mirza Waheed on writing beyond the radicalisation story: Southasia Review of Books #40](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/himal-southasian/episodes/Mirza-Waheed-on-writing-beyond-the-radicalisation-story-Southasia-Review-of-Books-40-e3md3i7) _2026-07-24 · Himal Southasian Podcast Channel · Himal Southasian Podcast Channel_ What does it mean to reckon with loss when there are no clear answers? In Maryam & Son , Mirza Waheed explores that question through the story of Maryam Ali, a mother in London whose son disappears and is drawn into a distant conflict in Iraq. As she waits for answers, the novel moves between memory and grief, tracing what happens when the certainties of motherhood begin to unravel and private… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/fc53ad5c/podcast/play/123161607/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-22%2F428401355-44100-2-3f39a94fd199c.m4a) ## [Joe Sacco on the book Penguin India wouldn’t distribute: Southasia Review of Books #39](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/himal-southasian/episodes/Joe-Sacco-on-the-book-Penguin-India-wouldnt-distribute-Southasia-Review-of-Books-39-e3la04b) _2026-06-26 · Himal Southasian Podcast Channel · Himal Southasian Podcast Channel_ Episode description: For more than three decades, Joe Sacco has been at the forefront of graphic journalism, combining rigorous reporting with comics to document conflict, displacement and political violence. His landmark works, including ‘Palestine’ and ‘Footnotes in Gaza’, have helped define an entire genre and inspired generations of cartoonists and journalists. His latest book, ‘The Once and… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/fc53ad5c/podcast/play/122011211/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-26%2F426855438-44100-2-c5cd86d7f822.m4a) ## [Nepal Elections 2026: Parties, Power, and the Promise of Change | Himal Conversations](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/himal-southasian/episodes/Nepal-Elections-2026-Parties--Power--and-the-Promise-of-Change--Himal-Conversations-e3fnvhq) _2026-02-28 · Himal Southasian Podcast Channel · Himal Southasian Podcast Channel_ Nepal goes to the polls on 5 March 2026. But what do these elections actually mean for a country still navigating the turbulence of its recent past?In this episode, Himal's editor Roman Gautam and associate editor Nayantara Narayanan are joined by law student and intersectional feminist Anjali Sah and writer and journalist Pranaya Rana for a wide-ranging conversation on Nepal's upcoming general… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/fc53ad5c/podcast/play/116177914/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-28%2F419000022-44100-2-16d0ca7ed08d5.m4a) ## [The high stakes of the 2026 Bangladesh election | Nusmila Lohani and Zyma Islam](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/himal-southasian/episodes/The-high-stakes-of-the-2026-Bangladesh-election--Nusmila-Lohani-and-Zyma-Islam-e3euiih) _2026-02-11 · Himal Southasian Podcast Channel · Himal Southasian Podcast Channel_ On 12 February 2026, Bangladesh holds its first election since the July Revolution in 2024 that overthrew the authoritarian government of Sheikh Hasina and the Awami League. These polls are among the most critical in the country’s tumultuous history. Hasina’s exile, a ban on the Awami League and a generational change in the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) after Khaleda Zia’s death have… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/fc53ad5c/podcast/play/115345425/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-11%2F417890487-44100-2-00c5ab2413b38.m4a) ## [Felix Pal, Christophe Jaffrelot & Tanika Sarkar on the RSS’s hidden network](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/himal-southasian/episodes/Felix-Pal--Christophe-Jaffrelot--Tanika-Sarkar-on-the-RSSs-hidden-network-e3d8o27) _2026-01-07 · Himal Southasian Podcast Channel · Himal Southasian Podcast Channel_ In this special episode of Saffron Siege: The RSS at 100, Harsh Mander speaks to Felix Pal, a lecturer on political science and international relations at the University of Western Australia, about his six-year long research into the RSS and its affiliates recently published in The Caravan magazine. The research revealed a network of 2500 organisations around the world that are directly or… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/fc53ad5c/podcast/play/113581575/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-0-6%2F415589269-44100-2-7969c65bc3951.m4a) ## [Ayesha Jalal on Pakistan’s 27th constitutional amendment: State of Southasia #37](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/himal-southasian/episodes/Ayesha-Jalal-on-Pakistans-27th-constitutional-amendment-State-of-Southasia-37-e3cm9q1) _2025-12-22 · Himal Southasian Podcast Channel · Himal Southasian Podcast Channel_ Pakistan has been reshaped by its 27th constitutional amendment that was passed in November. The amendment has formalised the military’s so-far unofficial dominance in the country’s governing structure into explicit constitutional supremacy. It was passed by a politically fragile parliament facing questions over its own legitimacy and elevates the army chief Asim Munir to an almost unassailable… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/fc53ad5c/podcast/play/112977153/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-11-22%2F414823846-44100-2-a77980534124d.m4a) ## [Nirvana Bhandary on what it means to be a feminist in Nepal today: Southasia Review of Books podcast #38](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/himal-southasian/episodes/Nirvana-Bhandary-on-what-it-means-to-be-a-feminist-in-Nepal-today-Southasia-Review-of-Books-podcast-38-e3ccsb3) _2025-12-15 · Himal Southasian Podcast Channel · Himal Southasian Podcast Channel_ A conversation with the writer and filmmaker Nirvana Bhandary on her collection of essays exploring feminist thought, lived experience and the generational shifts transforming contemporary Nepali womanhood. Welcome to the Southasia Review of Books podcast, where we speak to celebrated authors and emerging literary voices from across Southasia. In this episode, Shwetha Srikanthan speaks to the… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/fc53ad5c/podcast/play/112668451/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-11-15%2F0aa3a8db-be8a-9de4-b290-56a8df773799.mp3) ## [Ram Puniyani & Harsh Mander on the RSS’s entrenched influence on India’s polity](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/himal-southasian/episodes/Ram-Puniyani--Harsh-Mander-on-the-RSSs-entrenched-influence-on-Indias-polity-e3bpda8) _2025-12-03 · Himal Southasian Podcast Channel · Himal Southasian Podcast Channel_ In this episode of Saffron Siege, the writer, historian and social activist Ram Puniyani explains the background of India’s freedom struggle in which the RSS was founded. He says the the founders of the RSS were reacting to the education of Dalits and women and the influx of average people into the national movement. On the other hand, they were influenced by the fascist nationalism growing in… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/fc53ad5c/podcast/play/112030472/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-11-2%2F413607056-44100-2-dbe56f4c44b57.m4a) ## [Purushottam Agrawal & Harsh Mander on why the RSS hates Nehru, and more](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/himal-southasian/episodes/Purushottam-Agrawal--Harsh-Mander-on-why-the-RSS-hates-Nehru--and-more-e3bg15b) _2025-11-26 · Himal Southasian Podcast Channel · Himal Southasian Podcast Channel_ India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru has become a figure of hate and derision for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) under the leadership of Narendra Modi and for the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), its ideological parent. In this episode of Saffron Siege, Harsh Mander and historian Purushottam Agrawal examine the reasons for their particular resentment against Nehru. Agrawal ways… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/fc53ad5c/podcast/play/111723115/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-10-26%2F413188937-44100-2-ca2aa7d67a929.m4a) ## [Earn crypto from idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/WMQ3LbueKBYH) _2025-11-26 · **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI command, connect your GPU, and start receiving crypto payouts. ## [Anjali Bhardwaj on misgivings over India’s Election Commission: State of Southasia #36](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/himal-southasian/episodes/Anjali-Bhardwaj-on-misgivings-over-Indias-Election-Commission-State-of-Southasia-36-e3bcu3k) _2025-11-24 · Himal Southasian Podcast Channel · Himal Southasian Podcast Channel_ The Election Commission of India was, for many years, one of the country’s most trusted public institutions lauded around the world for carrying out, every five years, the seemingly impossible task of India’s general elections. The commission was seen as non-partisan that did its work without fear or favour. That reputation has taken a hit in recent years. Since August this year, it has been… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/fc53ad5c/podcast/play/111621684/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-10-24%2F413052865-44100-2-873e8a0d28bf7.m4a)