emOutdated materials and obsolete techniques necessitate a complete overhaul of Pakistan´s school system. /em

emWith the government incapable of designing Nepal’s school education, bilateral and multilateral donors are forced to step in. /em

emIf government school teachers are able to inspire their students, it is despite the mind-numbing system, not because of it./em

emSri Lanka’s formerly effective school system has been damaged by over-politicisation./em

emThe teacher and the student make up the two crucial elements of learning, but little is done on the basis of this understanding to improve education./em

emHow useful is the distinction between ‘East’ and ‘West’ in today’s world? /em

emThe 17th-century settlement of Leh is struggling against a development boom./em

Sarath Fonseka’s candidature in the upcoming presidential elections might be a setback for the Rajapakse dynastic project.

emThe world of Hindi Dalit literature is more than the sum of its stories./em

emThrough slanted analysis, Sri Lanka has been the latest entry into international correspondent Robert Kaplan’s narrative of fear-mongering./em

emThe colonial decision to utilise English in higher education was not one man’s decision – and its legacy is far more complex than generally understood./em

The afternoon stillness was broken by the shrill sounds of the orchestra belting out old Hindi movie songs. Instinctively, I knew I had arrived at the right place – the Great Royal Circus, on the outskirts of New Delhi.

emCounting the curves on the road(s) of eastern Bhutan./em

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

em‘Song of Ceylon’ is possibly the finest account of the island and a film which helped define the evolving documentary form. /em

emIf the metamorphosis of Mohandas Gandhi’s Gujarat into a Hindutva laboratory was baffling to social scientists, Orissa’s recent emergence as another communal hotspot has been no less surprising./em

The legacy of Chandra Gurung, pioneer in the field of conservation in Nepal.

Two books present the dichotomy of Bhutan´s image - from one perspective, the progressive-though-traditional idyll, to another, the authoritarian-to-dictatorial regime.