Another disaster in the making
New Delhi's grandiose water projects fail because they ignore the basic laws of nature and the interests of India's villagers. The revival of plans to 'interlink' the rivers of India can only be brushed aside …
Rohan DSouza | Dec 01, 2002
Ayodhya’s anniversary: Donations for barbarism
A US-based scholar concludes that overseas Hindutva is using pretence to raise the cash that funds mayhem at home.
Vijay Prashad | Dec 01, 2002
Diasporic dispositions
'Coolies' and 'Asiatics' no more, the Indians of South Africa recoil from India even as they reach out for Indian-ness. Attempts to sublimate the experiences of people of Indian origin – from descendents of indentured …
Thomas Blom Hansen | Dec 01, 2002
The ‘Madrasi’ in Malaysia
Indian Tamils, Ceylonese Tamils, working class Tamils, middle class Tamils... the 'Indians' in Malaysia live in a divided house. Many are poor and will remain so.
Anindita Dasgupta | Dec 01, 2002
Starvation amidst surplus
For predominantly agrarian societies, importing food is equivalent to importing unemployment. The Subcontinent needs to aspire to self-sufficiency through protecting its genetic inheritance and distributing the 'excess' foodgrain that curiously fails to reach those in …
Devinder Sharma | Dec 01, 2002
Ved Mehta’s tempest of self-revelation
The Subcontinent is woefully short on good biographers. But one author from the region sets the standards for telling the story like it is, with élan.
Hemant Sareen | Dec 01, 2002
The oligarchs of Islamabad and Kathmandu
Nepal has been following the authoritarian lead of Pakistan since the 1960s. It is time to stop doing so.
C K Lal | Dec 01, 2002
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