06774     2200445   4500001000600000011001400006100004100020101000800061102000700069110001600076200017700092210004400269215003700313300002300350326001500373330361900388461011004007463008104117606014204198606013304340606011104473606012104584606019004705606012104895606008405016606007705100606009605177606010705273606012705380606019705507606012705704606014505831606015605976700004706132801003806179801001406217830000806231856003206239856005706271104550 a2402-5895  a20230120a2015    m  y0frey50      ba0 aeng  aFR  amg|z|||||||1 aThe Funambulist N°45bNUMPfLéopold Lamberte Politics of Space and Bodies. e Politiques de l'espace et des corps. e The Subcontinent.e Above and below nation-states.  aParis cThe FunambulistdJan–Feb 2023  cCouv.Ill.Coul. a80 p.d20 × 25  aTextes en anglais   aBimestriel  aWelcome to our 45th issue, edited together by the two members of The Funambulist team: head of communications Shivangi Mariam Raj, and editor-in-chief Léopold Lambert. It features a few fragments from a multitude of political imaginaries of the region shared by Pakistan, India, Kashmir, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, above and below nation-states.

This simultaneous movement can be summarized in two clear goals: the recognition of a geographical identity proper to the whole Subcontinent, as well as the distinction of a multitude of specific political movements throughout this large territory, regardless of the so-called national borders that fragment it.

The conversation between Ali Raza and Fatima Anwar deconstructs the monolithic narrative of the Pakistan state, and gives way to the epistolary exchange between Nilanjana Bhattacharjee and Veewon Thokchom reflecting upon the imposition of national borders by the exogenous states of India, Bangladesh, Burma, and Bhutan on indigenous territories of the “North-East.” This meditation on how bordering is coded in language is further strengthened by Zohra‘s photographs, which expose how India’s occupation machinery barricades time in the daily lives of Kashmiri people. Anushani Alagarajah reminds us that the Sri Lankan national narrative, in its Sinhala supremacy, would never make any room for Eelam Tamils, even in the midst of a simulacrum of revolution. Her demand for the frontiers of skies and the ocean to break open is echoed in Afreen Fatima‘s assessment of the gap between home and homeland for Muslims in India. In a critical refusal of the neocolonial projects in the Subcontinent, Richard Kamei chronicles a brief history of the resilience of Naga nationalism and Yemberzal draws maps of Kashmir in a way that colonial authorities have always prohibited.

The history of every nation-state is always contested by the memories and mnemonics of its margins. While Mehrub Moiz Awan reveals the multiple transphobic nationalisms operating in Pakistan today, Siddhesh Gautam documents a historic meeting between Dalit Panthers and members of the Black Panther Party to show us that despite casteist atrocities becoming a nationalist pastime in India, dreaming is always possible. In the same vein, Anu Muhammad and Parsa Sanjana Sajid have a detailed conversation on the construction of a massive coal power plant in the largest mangrove forest on the Earth, and how it threatens the many lifeworlds it hosts, cautioning us how none of these models of nation-states would survive if capitalist greed continues to inform their organized ecocide.

Since the last fourteen years, the erstwhile Himalayan kingdoms of Nepal and Bhutan have chosen a journey with democratic forms of governance. These fierce journeys have mostly been documented with dominant figures as their leaders. However, as Nepal Picture Library illustrates, women have been a fundamental part of these histories, and will continue to shape their shared futures, as Yangchen C Rinzin celebrates growing political representation of women in Bhutan. Finally, our conversation with Shobana Shankar asks open questions about the relationship of Dravidians with Blackness, and the solidarity links between the African Continent and the Subcontinent.

As for the cover’s artwork, it is created by Shehzil Malik. The News from the Fronts section is composed of two texts about queer and trans organizing in Monterrey, Mexico (Hafizah Augustus Geter), and about the intergenerational transmission of memory in Cuba and its diaspora (Marny Garcia Mommertz).  aLéopold LambertcParis dN°1 (Septembre 2015)tThe Funambulistuhttps://thefunambulist.net/x2402-5895  aLéopold LambertcParis tThe Funambulistx2402-5895dJan–Feb 2023vN°45  aNo list of demands : Queer and trans organizing in MonterreyxPas de liste de revendications : mobilisations queer et trans à Monterrey  aThe subcontinent above and below nation states xLe sous-continent au-delà des frontières des États-nationsxIntroduction   aMaking and unmaking pakistani nationalismsxConstruction et déconstruction des nationalismes pakistanais  aWe, muslims of India, unbelong to our own homesxNous, musulmans d’Inde, sommes étrangers à nos propres foyers  aFar from Colombo : The Tamil fight to reclaim life, justice, and landxLoin de Colombo : le combat des Tamouls pour reconquérir leur vie, obtenir justice et récupérer leurs terres  aOn the many borders and peoples of the " North-East" xSur les multiples frontières et les peuples du " Nord-Est "  aBarricaded time in occupied KashmirxUn temps barricadé au Cachemire occupé  aMapping Kashmir territories xCartographier les territoires du Cachemire  aFighting Ecocide in the Bengal Delta xLutter contre l’écocide dans le delta du Bengale  aAn uncensored guide to the republics of Pakistan xUn guide sans censure des républiques du Pakistan  aTracing history with feminist memories in Nepal xRetracer l’histoire à travers les mémoires féministes au Népal  aAnd the Dalit panther roared again : A dreamer's portrait of the anti-caste movement in IndiaxEt le Dalit Panther rugit à nouveau : portrait d’un rêveur du mouvement anti-castes en Inde  aThinking through Naga identity in the past and present xPenser l’identité Naga à travers le passé et le présent  aTowards more women political leaders in Bhutan xVers une plus grande représentation des femmes parmi les dirigeants politiques au Bhoutan  aBlackness as solidarity xIdentification against casteism and racism in " South India " xface au système des castes et au racisme en " Inde du Sud "  4Rédacteur en chef  aLambertbLéopold  0aFRbFR-751131015c20230120gAFNOR 0aTNb32Bis  aABA4 uhttps://thefunambulist.net/4 uhttps://thefunambulist.net/magazine/the-subcontinent