There is a radical shift in food culture underway in Southasia, even though there is nothing that you could identify as a regionwide cuisine.  

  Hard work yielded so little in the Garhwal hills, but the taste was there to stay.

A Karachi-wali pines for the gol-gappi-walla of Delhi, and can’t have enough of the fare at Nathu’s, Haldiram’s and Saagar.

  A Dhaka connoisseur savours divine cuisine in backwoods Kerala.

With the population, money and fervour, Southasia has become the powerhouse that drives global cricket. While teams in the region have found a way to work together, it doesn’t mean that they always play fair.

Going to Southasian restaurants should not feel like attending a funeral.

The presence of a Southeast Asian eatery has brought an unexpected flavour to Dhaka.

The search for (and the finding of) a proud Assamese tradition of food.

Finally, real Bengali food in Bengal.

The new flyover doesn’t keep loyalists from stopping at the best dhaba between Delhi and Chandigarh.

Peshawar’s old markets are a paradise of meat delicacies and unconventional appetisers.

Time may be the most important ingredient in creating a good meal.

Who knew that being a Buddhist and a vegetarian could be so difficult?

Centuries ago, traders and missionaries brought good taste to Kerala.

Chhattisgarh is rich in minerals, but they are to be found under tribal lands. Hence the establishment’s support for a paramilitary group that seeks to evacuate the tribal population from its ancestral lands.

With a new regional disaster-management centre now open, leaders need to recognise that this important cooperative initiative cannot be hobbled by the usual crossborder prejudice, particularly in the sharing of data.

  After the attacks of July, Bombay’s Muslim community steeled itself for an expected violent reaction. Although this did not happen, a more quiet, equally insidious backlash is currently underway.

A year after the Kashmir earthquake, nearly as many survivors are facing a bleak winter as did last year. Oxfam says things are bad, Pervez Musharraf says not. The truth is somewhere in between.

Recent legal movement on long-pending, high-profile court cases may bring some relief to victims, but it also highlights the dysfunctional, nearly inhumane nature of the Indian judicial system – particularly in cases of state complicity.

Five years of backward progress on securing the country now has NATO forces taking over security in Afghanistan. With few of the lessons of the past having sunk in, it appears unlikely that the country will breathe easier in the coming year.

Engagement at the talks table between the Colombo government and the Tamil Tigers was further bruised by two of the bloodiest incidents of the Sri Lankan conflict. Is a new ceasefire agreement possible, to replace the now-tattered one from 2002?

  On the eve of important elections, the United States is hurting more than anyone lets on. How will this affect the rest of the world?

A Pakistani woman arrives in India for the first time and speaks to an Indian audience.

This year’s Nobel Prize makes Bangladeshis stand up proud, and with it comes recognition of the innovative NGO sector in Muhammad Yunus’s home country.