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Peacefully protesting violence against women, Delhi, Sunday 30th December
This post may not appear to be directly related to the raison d’etre of this blog–South Asian books—but I don’t see it that way. I am interested in feminist issues, and the protests that are happening...
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Day 1 of Jaipur Literature Festival, 24th January 2013
The 6th annual Jaipur Literature Festival got off to a cracking start today, and I left this evening feeling very inspired, as I always do when I go to literary events of this scale. Some have...
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Day 2 of the Jaipur Literature Festival, 25th January 2013
My brain is quite full by now, and thinking back to what I was listening to at ten this morning is a challenge! And there are still three days to go! I started off the day in a session in which I knew...
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Day 3 of the Jaipur Literature Festival, 26th January 2013
Today is India Republic Day (as well as Australia Day), and politics filled the agenda at the festival. It was also the first weekend day, and the crowds were noticeably bigger. I stuck to the same...
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Day 4 of the Jaipur Literature Festival, 27th January 2013
I must confess to having a bit of a new literary crush, on Nadeem Aslam, and from talking to others at the JLF, it seems I’m not alone. So I started off today at a session with him, Kunzang Choden,...
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Day 5 of the Jaipur Literature Festival, 28th January 2013
The last day today, which comes with mixed feelings. It’s tiring, doing all this listening and writing, but I feel so inspired by so much of what I’ve heard—creatively and politically—that it’s sad...
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Kolkata Book Fair 2013
On this unpleasantly overcast day I made my way out to the 33rd annual Kolkata Book Fair. And remembered why the Delhi metro has been a transformative god-send to that city. The Kolkata traffic,...
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Kolor Kathmandu murals
Originally posted on The Non-Hiker's Guide to Nepal: The Kolor Kathmandu project can best be summed up in its own words: “Kathmandu has been bombarded by the visual manifestations of political...
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Film Southasia festival 2013
Originally posted on The Non-Hiker's Guide to Nepal: Today was day one of the four day long Film Southasia festival of documentary films. It is being held at the QFX Kumari cinema in Kathmandu, and...
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Launch of new Himal Southasian website
Last Friday, Himal Southasian‘s new website went live, and on Monday we launched it. The slick new appearance looks professional, it’s easier to search and navigate than the old site, and contains...
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