Is the Maldives heading towards a democratic reversal?

Beyond the brochures.

Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, the three-decade satrap of the Maldives, is under new investigation for years’ worth of illegal oil trading and money laundering, said to amount to hundreds of millions of dollars. How will this affect Gayoom’s surprising return to politics – or is this attempted return meant to strengthen himself and his family members to face the allegations themselves?

History-writing on Kashmir has always tended to fall into the tropes of the times.

Checking in on the families of the men who were recently shot in Lahore by CIA contractor Raymond Davis.

The election of Nepal’s new prime minister brought a smile to Beijing.

Those whose job it is to facilitate the ‘war on terror’ seem to be the most terrified of all.

Militant groups are supporting the Census 2011 exercise in J & K, raising hopes that the outcome will not have to suffer the controversies surrounding earlier census results.

Its numbers increasingly scattered across the globe, Bhutanese Nepali-speakers are wondering how to ensure the continuation of their unique lifestyle.

The lessons of Fukushima.

Missing Indian Railways, already.

A pathbreaking but long-lost film on post-Partition trauma is set to return to the public.

Cricket must regain the innocence of childhood tournaments, and break free of the embrace of brands and bookies.

Non-Bollywood music has finally come into its own.

Returning again, to find a new Chhattisgarh.

Another US special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan has been appointed, but the US approach is becoming more narrow than before.