Raisa Wickrematunge

Politics 🪖🇲🇲 On the ground for Myanmar's election - Southasia Weekly #100 This week, we’re sending out our 100th issue of the Southasia Weekly newsletter to over 15,000 subscribers! Across 100 issues, this newsletter has traced a region in motion – fro... See more

Newsletters 🇧🇩☪️ Seismic drama in Bangladesh’s politics – Southasia Weekly #99 Happy new year to all our readers! As we ring in 2026, I’m writing with some great news. Forty-five of you have joined our ‘100 for Himal’ campaign and become Patrons! We’re ... See more

Politics Year in review: 2025 in cartoons Cartoonist Gihan de Chickera’s top illustrations for 2025, from Himal’s Southasia Weekly newsletter Gihan de Chickera’s insightful cartoons have become a hallmark of Himal’s Southasia Weekly, capturing the essence... See more

Newsletters 🇲🇲 🪖The “general’s election” in Myanmar – Southasia Weekly #98 This week has been eventful, with the ramping up of tensions between India and Bangladesh, new revelations about anomalies in the voter roll revisions in Tamil Nadu, and Imran K... See more

Newsletters 🇧🇩🔥Bangladesh burning – Southasia Weekly #97 This week saw the acting head of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party Tarique Rahman announce his return to the country. But Rahman will return to a country in crisis after the killing of an independ... See more