The Bengali has about him an intellectual air but remains equally essentially a gourmand. The demands of his cuisine are such that a satisfactory meal is (or, as we shall
For regulars on the Delhi-Chandigarh route, a stopover at Puran Singh ka Mashoor Dhaba is an absolute must. Those familiar with this eatery try their utmost to reach here
It used to be that the sound of helicopters in Nepali skies was cause for dread, for two reasons. First, it could mean there was an insurgency attack somewhere, and
For Bangladeshis it was much greater than winning the World Cup. No levity intended. For a country very short of anything to celebrate, the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize
The 8 October 2005 earthquake killed more than 73,000 people in Pakistan-administrated Kashmir and the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP), but the after-effects could be said to
On 12 September, a huge rally of indigenous people from more than 15 villages around Dhurli, in Dantewara District of Chhattisgarh, marched to the offices of the district administration in
At the 13th SAARC Summit, in Dhaka in November 2005, the heads-of-state of the seven regional countries decided that the time was ripe to incorporate into the end-
On 11 July 2006, seven bomb blasts erupted across Bombay's suburban railway, the city's lifeline, killing 200 people. The blasts reminded the world of India'
