Farms and jobs: Not much to feel good about
Hunger has emerged as robustly sustainable in the Southasian heartland.
Devinder Sharma | Feb 15, 2004
Voices yearning for peace
Even sceptics concede that the current climate of peace between Islamabad and New Delhi must be nurtured. Who knows, peace may arrive from the most unexpected sources.
Beena Sarwar | Feb 15, 2004
EPW and the Thinking Indian
A magazine that represents an emphatic triumph of content over form has just lost an editor.
Ramachandra Guha | Feb 14, 2004
How about your backyard?
The problem of waste is not north-south, but between the powerful and powerless everywhere.
Lila Rajiva | Feb 13, 2004
Iconoclasm: Not a Muslim Monopoly
Both Hindu and Muslim conquerors destroyed temples of their opponents as acts of political vendetta.
Yoginder Sikand | Feb 13, 2004
The Madrassa and the State of Pakistan
The madrassas of Pakistan are said to be the breeding ground for much of South and Central Asian militancy, but for the accusations made there is precious little known about these Islamic seminaries and their …
Tariq Rahman | Feb 01, 2004
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