#MeToo Sri Lanka, Myanmar’s jade mines, ‘The Great Indian Kitchen’ and more

Southasiasphere is our monthly roundup of news events and analysis of regional affairs. If you are a member, you will automatically receive links to the new episodes in your inbox. If you are not yet a member, you can still get it for free by signing up here: bit.ly/2QgmtwW In this episode, we talk about the resurgence of #MeToo in Sri Lanka’s newsrooms, and proposed solutions to sexual harassment across the region. In Around Southasia in 5 minutes, we look at Twitter losing legal protection in India, military’s growing grip over Myanmar’s jade industry, prospects of Bangladesh’s graduation from the LDC status, among other topics. Plus our culture section Bookmarked, where we discuss two recently released movies from south India, Cinema Bandi and The Great Indian Kitchen: https://www.himalmag.com/metoo-sri-lanka-myanmars-jade-mines-the-great-indian-kitchen-and-more/ Cartoons by Gihan de Chickera Listen on Youtube: https://bit.ly/3qYNGlH Apple podcasts: https://apple.co/3qVy2ro Or Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3wsXbL8