Important Notice from the Editors

Himal Southasian magazine, which suspended publication in May 2004, is set to resume publication with a 'reintroductory issue' in June 2005. This issue will be mailed out to the magazine's subscribers as well as a large sampling of our target audience of decision- and opinion-makers throughout the Southasian region. The magazine will enter continuous publication as a monthly periodical in October 2005.

We have spent the last year in reorganising the magazine, knowing that our formula of what makes a magazine 'Southasian' is on the mark. While maintaining the humanist sensibility and journalistic presentation that have remained a constant since Himal started as a Himalayan magazine in 1989, we nevertheless will be making adjustments in order to make the magazine more readable and accessible. Always, the focus will be on what will benefit the people at large in a region which hosts a fifth of humanity.

If you would like a copy of this special 'reintroductory issue', please write with your full mailing address to editors@himalmag.com

ESSAY
Satyajit's Sansar
There is more to the man than his films. Satyajit Ray's philosophy towards life and inter-personal relationships is etched in each frame of his movies, which eventually made him the prototypical Southasian humanist.
by Partha Chatterjee