Us Third Worlder South Asians are always looking for a hint, an indication, that the rest of the world takes us seriously. It does not matter if it is about
Exasperation is expressed differently in different languages, but the ufff! of large parts of South Asia is only a relative of the 000ff of the Anglophone West. There are some
Ah, Chicken's Neck! What an incredible spot on the South Asian map this is. With nothing to show for it but the lines drawn on the map after
The Great Kathmandu-Dhaka Volkswagen Beetle Spinal Injury Fundraising Drive
When the idea hit us, it did so in our bellies. A massive whump planted itself in the solar plexus,
In South Asia we AL are prone to put the bullock behind the cart, whereas in other subcontinents they tend to have the horse before the trolley. The proclivity to
Two countries that cannot even play soccer propose to nuke each other, and we are all supposed to sit back and enjoy the show. At least they could hold the
The soldiers' fight against the Maobaadi since the Nepali Emergency was put in place six months ago has delivered an unacceptable volume of human 'collateral damage'. The
There is one reason why the human species as a whole, and South Asia in particular, is slowly losing its mooring and hold on reality. We no longer squat.
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At the India International Centre by the Lodhi tombs in New Delhi, the watering hole of India's, and now South Asia's, diplo-academic elite, workshops are
So they're going to cover the Taj Mahal in a bed sheet. Good move. It shows there are some people in the political leadership of the north Indian
So Nepal has gone and declared an Emergency. Now all of the country's 14 kilometres of railway from Janakpur to Jayanagar will run on time, and the middle
The Bharatiya Janata Party of India, and its backup organisations, the Shiv Sena and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, would like to pretend that they stand up for the cow. But
