Southasiasphere, 16 May: Violence in Manipur, Imran Khan's arrest, the Karnataka elections and more

Himal Southasian Podcast Channel

In this episode, we talk about the violence in Manipur in the past few weeks, and the latest developments following Imran Khan's arrest in Islamabad. For 'Around Southasia in 5 minutes', we talk about the recently held Karnataka Assembly election and Adani Ports' recently completed sale of its port in Myanmar - at far below the value of the conglomerate’s initial investment. We also talk about the impact of cyclone Mocha in Myanmar and Bangladesh, a string of high-profile arrests in Nepal in connection with what is being called the 'refugee scam', new statistics on rising poverty in Sri Lanka, and the recently held Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting in Goa. For 'Bookmarked', we talk about the movie 'Jinpa' by the renowned Tibetan filmmaker Pema Tseden, who passed away recently. Episode notes: Majoritarianism in Manipur https://www.himalmag.com/majoritarianism-in-manipur/ Politics and Pakistan’s new army chief https://www.himalmag.com/himal-briefs-politics-pakistans-new-army-chief-2022/ Pakistan needs to go beyond the 18th amendment to end the military’s role in politics https://www.himalmag.com/pakistan-military-beyond-18th-amendment-constitution-politics/ Adani in Southasia https://www.himalmag.com/adani-southasia-power-politics-diplomacy-myanmar-bangladesh-sri-lanka-india/ Jinpa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDOHE7PclZc This podcast episode is available on Soundcloud: https://on.soundcloud.com/hrX2i Spotify: https://spoti.fi/41RNCoU Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3MedZiK And Youtube: https://youtu.be/G-xlfYvyWgY