South Asia's Very First Magazine

This region of 1.3 billion people - stretching in an arc from Afghanistan to Burma - needs a common voice, even to listen to itself. Southern Asia is a zone of great cultures, varied geography and historical affinity. Yet, neighbours barely talk to each o ther.

Petty nationalism and short-term geopolitics have kept South Asians apart and hindered progress. By highlighting rifts, an insular press has reinforced prejudice.

South Asia falls in the media blind spot between international newsweeklies and Hong Kong-based magazines preoccupied with Pacific Asia.

South Asians need their own magazine. They need it now.

Himal South Asia - the new, independent, world-class magazine for South Asians. A monthly that spots trends and offers analyses from a non-nationalist, regionwide perspective. It tells Pakistanis about India, Indians about Bangladesh, Bangladeshis about Sri Lanka, and the rest of the world about this long-neglected region.

HSA raises issues long before they make headlines. Each monthly issue of HSA offers dispatches and commentaries from correspondents all over South Asia and overseas. There is no other way to keep in touch with this large and diverse region.

Going well beyond day-to-day journalism, HSA offers tough investigative reporting, presents informed opinion of cross-border cultural and social movements, and reviews books, the arts and satellite programming.

As a voice for a region that has remained dormant for much too long, HSA is a magazine whose time has arrived.

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