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Vishal Arora
Vishal Arora is a New Delhi-based journalist who writes, and produces video features, on politics, culture, religion, foreign affairs and human rights in South and Southeast Asia.
Vishal Arora is a New Delhi-based journalist. He writes, and produces video features, on politics, culture, religion, foreign affairs and human rights in South and Southeast Asia. His articles have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, and many other outlets.
Follow him on Twitter at @vishalarora_in
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November 24, 2015
Myanmar: Elections and the Media
By Vishal Arora
The editor of The Irrawaddy shares his thoughts on the implications of the recent elections.
November 18, 2015
Aung San Suu Kyi: Limitations and Obligations
By Vishal Arora
Her party’s landslide victory leaves Suu Kyi still politically constrained, but with much to do.
August 24, 2015
Nepal and the Secularism Question
By Vishal Arora
The country wrestles with a constitutional matter that has implications for religious freedom.
August 24, 2015
Should Nepal Be Secular?
By Vishal Arora
A push to change the draft constitution could place religious freedoms under threat.
July 17, 2015
Maldives ‘Islamic’ Anti-Terror Bill Targets Dissidents
By Vishal Arora
The government proposes new legislation that would enable it to target dissidents at will.
June 09, 2015
Sri Lanka’s Slow Shift on War Attitude
By Vishal Arora
Under Sirisena, the country is trying to move from “victory” to “remembrance” of its brutal civil war.
May 07, 2015
Myanmar's Elusive Peace
By Vishal Arora
Rebel groups in Myanmar say that peace could still be years away.
May 06, 2015
Geopolitics Enters Nepal’s Earthquake Relief Efforts
By Vishal Arora
What was behind Nepal’s call this week for foreign teams to leave the country?
April 29, 2015
Tragedy in Nepal
By Vishal Arora
As the death toll from the earthquake rises, survivors struggle to put their lives back together.
March 24, 2015
Democracy Loses in Maldives as Former President Jailed
By Vishal Arora
The country’s first democratically elected president faces a long prison term after a particularly dubious conviction.
March 19, 2015
Is Bhutan’s Media Freedom Really Slipping?
By Vishal Arora
The country may have fallen in the rankings, but is freedom of information really on the decline?
March 01, 2015
Blogger Avijit Roy’s Killing Shows Bangladesh’s Culture of Violence
By Vishal Arora
More than 100 have been killed in political violence in recent weeks.