Articles by C K Lal
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December 2010 - Southasiasphere
Walls of words Walls of words talks about the limits to freedom of expression. |
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June 2010 - Southasiasphere
Forgotten addresses emEven if the dish is small, Give away one cup, or half, To whoever asks. Happiness isn’t in short supply. – Shailesh Bohare ‘Sanjariya’ in Bantane se mithata hai sukh/em |
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May 2010 - Southasiasphere
Naxalites, narcissists and nihilism There is no statuette to measure the miles lovers cover to torch a police station, their down or breasts not fully grown /emem as the ideals they die for. Hunger too dies. -Rabindra K Swain, Taking Sides |
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April 2010 - Southasiasphere
Victim of the zeitgeist emA dreamer in the mould of the first wave of post-Independence Southasian leaders, Girija Prasad Koirala was also a man who believed in getting things done. /em |
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March 2010 - Southasiasphere
Early afternoon sun emWhen the exhausted world is fast asleep Then at the new-dusk of the New Year We too shall celebrate Our New Year – Anant Bhatnagar in “Hum bhi manayenge naya saal”/em |
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January 2010 - Southasiasphere
Colonel Sanders in Kathmandu emThe one who has smashed tyranny Broken the back of untrammelled authority The horse that pulls the chariot of destiny That one cannot be destroyed. That one will never die. – Kedarnath Agarwal in Jo jeevan ki dhool chat kar bada hua hai/em |
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December 2009 - Southasiasphere
The Allure of Walls Manmade walls are not meant to be climbed; they can be breached, broken but not mounted while standing intact. |
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August 2009 - Southasiasphere
Giant anxieties For the power elite of Southasia, the dragon is indeed benign – even if it twists its tails once in a while to repeat the mantra: China is One. |
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July 2009 - Cover
The mid-summer ferment After the massive success of people’s movements during 2008, by mid-2009 Southasia seems to be burning under the pre-monsoon heat. |
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March 2009 - Southasiasphere
The beguiling safety of chauvinism The legacy of N Chauvin lives on in Southasia. |
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February 2009 - Review
From Nehru Creed to Indira Doctrine How come, sir, Nehru was foreign minister for 17 years and still there was no Nehru Doctrine? |
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February 2009 - Southasiasphere
Endangered soldiers of conscience The recent killings of Lasantha Wikcrematunga and Uma Singh has dealt a hard blow to the media in Southasia and to an already almost endangered species of journalists |
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January 2009 - Cover
Rage and outrage amidst political modernism Religious extremism is merely social unrest by another name. |
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July 2006 - Southasiasphere
The shroud of meritocracy Whenever clouds melt A few droplets get entangled in its leaves And as the sun brightens Tiny globules turn into glorious rainbows. — Amita Prajapati in Ek Dal Hai Ped Ki |
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April 2008 - Southasiasphere
Dignity and belonging The international television media's focus will probably shift to the Olympic Games as soon as advertising revenue from the PRC's state holdings begin to flow in full force. |
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Featured Articles
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People versus wildlife 17 May 2013
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Reassessing wildlife conservation policies in India.
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After the flood 7 May 2013
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The new realities of life for villagers in Hunza Valley who lost their homes and lands to a natural lake following a 2010...
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Disappearing foods 25 April 2013
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A collection of recipes that are fading from the Southasian palette.
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Eat, drink, write 23 April 2013
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A food writer dishes on the ins and outs of her profession.
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Brideprice 22 April 2013
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A new translation of Manik Bandopadhyay's ‘Namuna’ by Madhusree Mukerjee.
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Among the believers 19 April 2013
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An account from Varanasi, where bhang and thandai struggle to survive the onslaught of LSD and Coca-Cola.
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Behind the crystals 18 April 2013
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Capturing the lives of Marakkanam’s salt pan workers
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In search of food sovereignty 17 April 2013
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Shifting the debate on the Public Distribution System.
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Farms, Feasts, Famines: web-exclusive package 17 April 2013
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Missing connections 8 April 2013
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Girja Kumar’s book on the Indus and the cultures tied to it obscures a tremendous wealth of interconnected histories and...
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No place for picnics 4 April 2013
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Kashmiri women tell their stories of the conflict.
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'I bowled left-arm chinaman' 28 March 2013
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Shehan Karunatilaka speaks about winning awards, spin bowling, italics in fiction, and much more.
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Romila Thapar addresses invitees at the Southasian relaunch of Himal Southasian, IIC, New Delhi, January 2013. |
The archive: 25 years of Southasia
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China, Southasia and India
On May 19 2013, newly appointed Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in New Delhi for a series of meetings with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The visit is Keqiang's first outside of China since assuming power in March.
From our archive: Purna Basnet discusses Chinese engagement in Nepal vis-a-vis security issues in Tibet and broader geo-strategic plans in Southasia (April 2011).
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Fatima Chowdury relates the story of Calcutta's Indian Chinese community through the lens of political and economic upheavals in Southasia and China (May 2009).
Simon Long notes the importance of the Sino-Indian relationship for the rest of Southasia (September 2006).
J.N Dixit ruminates on the strategic concerns of the 'Middle Kingdom' in the wake of India's 1998 nuclear tests (June 1998).
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