
Upwardly Mobile Ang Rita
Everest multi-summiteer Ang Rita Sherpa would have been an international celebrity if he spoke English, had fair skin, and concentrated on selling himself rather than grazing his yaks.
Deepak Thapa | Sep 01, 1996

A Bangladeshi looks for his country
Bengalee? Yes. Muslim? Yes, mostly. Bangladeshi? Yes. South Asian? Even that too. Confused? No question about that. In its twenty-fifth year, Bangladesh is still grasping after a personality.
Afsan Chowdhury | Sep 01, 1996
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