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This episode, we talk about Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to the US, and the sinking of a trawler off the coast of Greece with almost 300 Pakistani refugees onboard.

For “Around Southasia in 5 minutes”, we talk about communal violence in North and Northeast India, the encroachment of land in Sri Lanka for the building of Buddhist temples, progress on amendments to Nepal’s citizenship laws, Myanmar’s recent flower strike, the resurgence of Jamaat-e-Islami and the call for an ICC probe into war crimes allegations in Afghanistan.

For “Bookmarked”, we discuss the 2022 movie “Kamli” from Pakistan, directed by Sarmad Khoosat.

Episode notes:

The political fallout of violence in Manipur, Bangladesh’s economic crisis, the crackdown on PTI supporters and more: https://www.himalmag.com/violence-manipur-bangladesh-economic-crisis-crackdown-pti-supporters/

Nepal’s citizenship battles: https://www.himalmag.com/nepals-citizenship-battles-2020/

Screen Southasia, ‘Sand and Water’: https://bit.ly/ScreenSouthasia