Somewhere in the Pa-O self administered zone, Southern Shan State.

The Dream, 1935 #matisse #expressionism wikiart.org/en/henri-matis…

Fisher folks going about their business somewhere in Southern Shan State.

I am most convinced of the power of writing whenever I read Caroline Hau. This particular essay is a gift to all Southeast Asianists. asj.upd.edu.ph/mediabox/archi…

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I write about a Shan poetic tradition from Upper Burma, Yunnan and Lanna. culture360.asef.org/insights/poets…

Step into the mythical world of 'Beast', based on the legend of Thiha Bahu from Myanmar, by author Kyi May Kaung. The fourth short story in #HimalFictionFest: himalmag.com/fiction-fest-b…

"Constellation Spirit, Vicious Vermin, & Icon of Environmental Guilt: Affective Entanglements of the Thylacine in Tasmania & India" by Bikash K Bhattacharya is the 11th post in our Emotional Ecologies series edited by Dr. Jessica DeWitt & S. York-Bertram niche-canada.org/2023/07/20/con… #envhist

For #InternationalTigerDay, learn about how negative emotions associated with Indian tigers harmed thylacines (Tasmanian Tigers) and contributed to their extinction in this piece by Bikash K Bhattacharya niche-canada.org/2023/07/20/con… #animalhistory #envhist

Ex-Indian military attaché to #Myanmar: "I have made friends for life [in Myanmar]. The Tatmadaw would often tell me, 'Colonel, only a military man will understand another military man.'" Interesting (if wildly tone-deaf) insight into #India's approach. rediff.com/news/interview…

1. This History Thread is background on Kokang, the Myanmar (Burma) region bordering China which is major part of current #Operation1027 (Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army & allies vs Myanmar coup regime.) 2009 conflict was especially important. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

Majuli’s boat building heritage is facing an existential threat due to a mix of erosion-induced displacement and forest loss, and economic factors triggered by #ClimateChange. Bikash K Bhattacharya reports from the island in the mighty Brahmaputra: indiaspend.com/climate-change…

Have you read our recent articles? At the end of January, we published an article on Indigenous-language storytelling as peacebuilding in Myanmar, by new Peace Insight writer Bikash K Bhattacharya 👇 Read it now: peaceinsight.org/en/articles/in…

Oh, happy to see this article posted here - my article how the Japanese notion of 萬世一系 (one imperial line for eternity - basically the red line here) was adapted and discussed in late Qing China and Korea... A revised and enlarged version is upcoming. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Majuli, a river island in the middle of the Brahmaputra, is dotted with an elaborate network of wetlands, which have been sustaining the local population. Today, these wetlands are under threat due to multiple factors. ✒️ Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya. india.mongabay.com/2024/04/majuli…

What a pity these personal observations by a Marmagri author were not published already 12 years ago! The Diplomat thediplomat.com/2024/04/moving…

Profoundly insightful

While the article romanticizes the Kula as gem miners in Pailin, it passes over their lesser known background as wealthy, yet ruthless slave traders in the 19th century, capturing mountain people from Laos and selling them on markets in southern Isan (Thailand).

Read the latest for the Vertical from Bikash K Bhattacharya on Tawang's Blessing Pills. 2/2 saaganthology.com/article/tawang…

In Assam, the venomous Russell’s viper has been the subject of exaggerated news reports and an ongoing social media frenzy, leading to panic, hostility and killing. The snake is often confused with juvenile Burmese python and rough-scaled sand boa. india.mongabay.com/2024/08/misinf…