The relative un-importance of South Asia in the scheme of the West is to be found in numerous unexpected nooks and crannies – such as the unearthly hours in which
When they dance in the films–the beauteous heroine and her female cohort, try to drag your eyes away from the supple Aishwarya and look at her companions. One of
On the night of 8 July, more than seven hundred persons died in the swirling, turbid waters of the Meghna river southeast of Dhaka. The ferry, the Nasrin-1, sank
Ever since humans evolved into… humans, there has been only one conclusion to draw when they raise their hands to their ears. They are scratching their ears. But visual cues
If South Asia were more prosperous and less divided politically, our skies would be congested with aircraft flying hither and yon keeping pace with our population. Sure, the railways left
If a sensitive long-distance microphone were to be dangled in geostationary orbit somewhere over Chattisgarh at the centre of the Subcon on a workday morning, it would pick up
What does the Homo Southasiaticus do to ward off the winter chill? He procures a length of cloth, ideally 6 inches by 166; places at neck so as to leave
South Asia is a basket with a regionful of problems, or a region with a basketful of problems, whatever. But the triumph of and challenge for our land is in
Since we Subcontinentals hate each other everywhere all the time, there is nothing new to report there. But it may be useful to try and do a survey of the
There is one way to test whether a nation-state has a future, and that is by gauging its comfort level with condom ads. Flagrant unapologetic advertisements asking people (men,
When faced with a challenge, a problem, the South Asians of the northern (problematic) part of the Subcontinent scratch themselves behind the ears and say, "aisa hi hai"
