Where are the women in the Sri Lankan peace?
If and when peace comes to Sri Lanka, the new structures of political relations must be designed to preserve and advance the gains made by women in the last two decades.
Sara Shneiderman | Oct 23, 2009
Razors, the mig and climate change
Without climate change to blame, we would have had to take responsibility for our actions.
Dilip D’Souza | Oct 01, 2009
Leading the way
Bangladesh is the unquestioned leader on formulating adaptation policies to deal with the ramifications of climate change.
Jessica Ayers and Saleemul Huq | Oct 01, 2009
Southasian front
A common regional platform is necessary, but India might not be the ideal leader.
Rishikesh R Bhandary | Oct 01, 2009
The need for old wine
It turns out, indigenous practices and innovations meant to sow equity and sustanibility will be useful in the battle against climate change.
Samir Nazareth | Oct 01, 2009
No doomsday
Framing global warming as an emergency is not effective in mobilising governments or citizens, as happened with the anti-nuclear movement. It may even have the opposite effect.
Patrick Hodder and Brian Martin | Oct 01, 2009
Scepticism chic
Journalists must introspect about their own shortcomings when it comes to climate change.
Darryl D'monte | Oct 01, 2009
Elite extravagance
The international climate discussion will go nowhere until class and capitalism are understood as central.
Nagraj Adve | Oct 01, 2009
India’s ‘stage three’ fantasy
If some had thought nuclear power would provide ‘clean energy’ to fuel India’s energy demand, it does not look like India’s nuclear industry is up to the task.
Rahul Goswami | Oct 01, 2009
This frog won’t leap
China and India must collaborate to force the West to pay for past excesses rather than plead for a ‘humanistic’ approach that delivers concessions to the developing world.
Vijay Prashad | Oct 01, 2009
Glaciers take the heat
The receding glaciers of the Himalaya offer a critical case study of the region’s approach to climate change, in spite of and as a result of scarce scientific data.
Smriti Mallapaty | Oct 01, 2009
No more a cycle of the season
Do the curly oaks of Uttarkhand still store chilled water?
Pupesh Pant | Oct 01, 2009
Bindaas to Videshi
Words of Southasian origin are steadily making their way into the Oxford English Dictionary.
Richard Boyle | Oct 01, 2009
A ‘patriotic’ loan
After years of refusing to become tied to the strings attached to IMF monies, Sri Lanka has agreed to a massive new loan. But will it be enough to lift the economy from its current …
Balasingham Skanthakumar | Oct 01, 2009
Seeding bhasa
The interaction of English and the languages of Southasia is often lamented for having led to a deterioration of the latter. But focusing on this alone misses out on what has been accomplished through this …
Himansu S Mohapatra | Oct 01, 2009
Weaker and worse
Understanding the limits of America’s international climate posture.
The Editors | Oct 01, 2009
A stage in our name
A translation movement seeks to bring the experience of Adivasi and Dalit writers to the attention of a larger readership.
The Editors | Oct 01, 2009
Level-headed romance
For author Shelina Zahra Janmohamed, the headscarf is about choice, and arranged marriage need not be scorned.
Deepa A | Oct 01, 2009
Equalising burden-sharing
While the impact of climate change is global, the response is piecemeal and there is an increasing burden on the developing countries, and the poor living there.
Mukul Sanwal | Oct 01, 2009
Charting change
From the Himalaya to Male, there are clear signs that climate change is real.
Kunda Dixit | Oct 01, 2009
New frontiers
The people of some of Pakistan’s strategically placed frontier areas are finally getting political rights. Not everyone is happy about this.
Iqbal Khattak | Oct 01, 2009
Hard science
While relatively little is known definitively about the glaciers of the Himalaya and Hindukush, what facts do exist need to be acknowledged as such.
The Editors | Oct 01, 2009
Save or splurge?
As the push for a ‘low-carbon’ lifestyle gains currency around the world, China’s social environment challenges the implementation of the concept.
Huo Weiya | Oct 01, 2009
The need for a Southasian perspective
We tend not to comprehend how ecologically inter-connected we are in the region.
Shyam Saran | Oct 01, 2009
For another’s duty
In Afghanistan, foreign journalist Stephen Farrell was freed in a dramatic 'rescue' in early September. His interpreter, Sultan Munadi, is dead.
Aunohita Mojumdar | Oct 01, 2009
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