And how it could become one.

Despite apologies on behalf of the Pakistani state to Balochistan for its past marginalisation, little has changed on the ground.

Further along Pakistan´s never-ending democratic transition

Pakistan’s ethnic groups have developed enough stakes in the country to prevent it from splintering.

If democracy in India is to survive, it must move away from the paternalism of its founders.

The landslide-caused glacial lake in the Hunza Valley has put the Pakistani authorities on an emergency footing, but this catastrophe had been predicted for years.

A week-long general strike called by Nepal’s Maoists was significant in its control and composure, but was called off before it could deliver the planned results – the fall of the Madhav Kumar Nepal government.

While India’s new Right to Education Act seeks to bring free and compulsory education for all children, it seems to short-change them through an unrealistic vision of the private sector’s involvement.

Being forced to choose between supporting the Indian or Pakistani team is now a thing of the past for cricket-crazy Afghans.

A first lot of Sri Lanka’s documentary-film heritage has been saved in the nick of time. /em

Three small shops in northwestern Sri Lanka no longer exist./em

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

Building on mutual trade interests between India and Brazil may depend on both economic realities and cultural whimsy.

Pakistans local and regional aspirations will need to be recognised in a 'nations within nations' formula -- and the question is how successful Pakistan will be, given that the country is still a work in progress? The articles in this issue reflect the possibility of a multi-faceted formula. The hope is that Pakistan overcomes its existential angst before too long, because Pakistani stability and self-confidence would do wonders to the idea of Southasia.

Syed Yusuf Hasan, a renowned Urdu-language scholar, finally gets his due in Bangladesh./em

The political cartoons of Abu Abraham during the Era of Indra Gandhi and dark months of The Emergency (June 1975 - March 1977)