Table of Contents
January, 2007
Commentary
INDIA : The need to be unpatrioticBHUTAN : His Majesty the Son
SRI LANKA : Nationalist brinkmanship
‘Ashiq, bhor, faqir tay kutay’
Contested elections
Living with the bomb
Report
Counting ParsisBy: Tanaz K Noble
Bal, Raj and Uddhav
By: Atul Mishra
In the Shiv Sena’s traditional stronghold, many are excited about the breakaway formation headed by Bal Thackeray’s nephew Raj – even if they don’t know exactly what the new party stands for.
Analysis
The roots of Dalit rageBy: Sukumar Murlidharan
Arriving at the Women Protection Act
By: Miranda Husain
The judicial activist
By: Shylashri Shankar
Time and a place
Tashi delek, old man!By: Tsering Namgyal
Two decades away doesn’t change all that much in Mussoorie’s Tibetan community.
Review
Fluid dynamics: A prediction for the 24th centuryBy: Siddarth Anand
Sarai Reader 06:Turbulence
edited by Monica Narula, Shuddhabrata Sengupta, Ravi Sundaram, Jeebesh Bagchi Awadhendra Sharan and Geert Lovink
Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, 2006
Don’t let the light go out
By: Vijay Prashad
Review of Book:
Anthems of Resistance:
A celebration of progressive Urdu poetry
by Ali Husain Mir and Raza Mir
Roli Books, 2006
Politics of resource patriotism
By: Kekhriesituo Yhome
Featured Articles
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People versus wildlife 17 May 2013
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By Nirmal Ghosh |
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Reassessing wildlife conservation policies in India.
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After the flood 7 May 2013
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By Danial Shah |
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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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By Suman Bolar |
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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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By Manik Bandopadhyay |
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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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By Abhishek Choudhary |
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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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By Rituparna Banerjee |
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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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By K Sandeep |
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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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By Sarandha |
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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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By Freny Manecksha |
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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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Youtube channel
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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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