Table of Contents
March, 2011
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For a little bit of loveBy: Timothy Senaviratne
Surviving the tsunami.
Responding to calamity
By: Dilip D’Souza
Notes from some shattered fields.
After the cloudburst
By: Manisha Sobhrajani
Dealing with disaster can be a humbling experience.
Slowly and deliberately
By: Edward Gonzalez
Rebuilding towards a deeper, richer democracy in Pakistan.
Water, still everywhere
By: Chris Cork
Losing the battle of hearts and minds in post-flooding Pakistan.
Four lives
By: Nyla Daud
Banding together during the Pakistan floods.
The right of the river
Interview: Dipak Gyawali
The people vs the environment
By: Dinesh Kumar Mishra
Officials in India keep reviving the dead debate on floods – to the detriment of local communities and the national exchequer.
Managing floods through proactive governance
By: N Vinod Chandra Menon
Indian officialdom is pioneering efforts to incorporate disaster management in development planning.
The next big one
By: Kunda Dixit
Nepalis hear it all the time: the next big earthquake is scientifically considered overdue. Only recently has the government actually begun to take some action.
Shelter from the storm
By: Gawher Nayeem Wahra
Cyclone preparedness in Bangladesh isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
Drowning in media indifference
By: Nalaka Gunawardene
Once again, the mainstream media in Sri Lanka has proven itself irrelevant in reporting and responding to catastrophic flooding.
Disaster as opportunity
Can natural disasters offer a way out of protracted conflict situations?
Report
Writing in tonguesBy: Rabi Thapa
How to tackle the angst that afflicts the user of the imperial language?
Hasina vs Yunus
By: David Bergman
What lies behind the sudden spate of bad press for the Grameen Bank founder?
Analysis
Karmapagate?By: Thierry Dodin
Police raids on a Tibetan spiritual leader have sparked a full-fledged hysteria in the Indian media.
Digital neighbourhood
By: Madhavi Bhasin
Online networks have only marginally promoted civil society-activism in Southasia.
Opinion
Impelled to protectBy: Samir Nazareth
Organised religion remains an underutilised proponent in combating climate change.
Sighting
Devastated queenBy: Richard Boyle
A peculiar concatenation of circumstances led to the world’s worst-ever train disaster.
Reflections
Beheading Britain, shafting SouthasiaBy: Daniel Lak
Mourning recent cuts to the BBC World Service.
A Lepcha in your own land
By: Peter J Karthak
On being an ‘outsider’ in Kathmandu and remembering the past.
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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By Jahnavi Barua |
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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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