The nearly secret Maobadi War
Red radicals of Bangladesh have been at it for five decades, but more than a law and order issue their presence points to a systemic failure of the state.
Afsan Chowdhury | Jul 25, 2005
Who killed Siva?
Political disquiet and the fervour of revolution in Sri Lanka.
Kunda Dixit | Jul 25, 2005
Air travel takes flight
Southasia is becoming smaller as more people fly to more destinations, within the region's countries and across their borders. As people-to-people contact increases in volume and variety, the region is being realised in new and …
Himali Dixit | Jul 24, 2005
A constitutional order in Thimpu
A country battered by accusations of feudocratic rule and a depopulation exercise sees the release of a draft constitution as an opportunity to build a future as a 'modern' nation-state.
Prashant Jha | Jul 22, 2005
The principle of the thing: Nepal’s king and the rule of law
Nepal's 1990 Constitution, wounded by the royal action of 1 February, must be revived and Parliament restored. The country must be saved from both the constitutional waywardness of a Pakistan and the legislative faint-heartedness of …
Aziz Huq | Jul 22, 2005
Within Grasp: Persian Gas for the Southasian Engine
Will peace in our times be achieved because methane from Iran is allowed to enter India via Pakistan? Is it as simple as that? It is beginning to look as if it is.
Kanak Mani Dixit | Jul 22, 2005
E par Bangla, 0 par Bangla, no thank you
If media is to help Bangladesh and India understand each other, then media on either side should first begin to understand Bangladesh and India.
Dipankar Sinha | Jul 19, 2005
Caged Regionalism – The disappointment of SAFTA and BIMSTEC
In order to take advantage of the global trade regime, countries of Southasia must first develop trade between each other.
Posh Raj Pandey | Jul 17, 2005
Manisha take care
The career of the only non-Indian star in Bombay is on a nosedive; she needs to pull out of it fast.
Nandini Ramnath | Jul 16, 2005
Khamosh Pani: The re-writer of history
Indians, and some Pakistanis, rave about a piece of pure fiction, willing to believe it as fact.
Ajmal Kamal | Jul 14, 2005
Naipaul’s Naxalites
The Nobel laureate rails against failed revolutionaries in India and then, perhaps in the interest of fairness, strikes a few blows at England's working class.
Amitava Kumar | Jul 12, 2005
A general critique of the Indian NGO
The activist streak is missing in today's non-governmental organisations, and so they 'serve a function' rather than challenge the system.
Pandurang Hegde | Jul 12, 2005
Citizens and denizens
India needs a Northeast policy. The Northeast needs a Northeast policy.
Samir Kumar Das | Jul 09, 2005
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