Path to Salvation?
Even as the Pakistan Army goes on an all-out offensive against home-grown militants, the insurgents themselves have stepped up their attacks on the Pakistani public.
Iqbal Khattak | Dec 01, 2009
Majuli Going Under
A culturally unique island is crumbling against the force of the mighty Brahmaputra.
Rimli Borooah | Dec 01, 2009
Finding Srinagar’s geography of peace
The summer capital is undergoing a massive physical makeover. But its spirit remains troubled.
Riyaz Wani | Dec 01, 2009
Two Very Different Processes
Lessons from Sri Lanka and Aceh, Indonesia, five years after the tsunami.
Darini Rajasingham Senanayake | Dec 01, 2009
Is it over?
Afghanistan's elections went on and on, but offered more questions than answers.
Aunohita Mojumdar | Dec 01, 2009
From criminal savage to habitual offender
The work of attaining justice for India’s denotified tribes goes on.
Ipshita Sengupta | Dec 01, 2009
Deoband’s battle for survival and relevance
Given new security restrictions and internal obduracy, one of the region’s most important schools of Islam stands at a crossroads.
Luv Puri | Dec 01, 2009
Polo on the Coromandel
Seven centuries have passed since Marco Polo opened Western eyes to the Subcontinent, yet his account continues to resonate.
Namit Arora | Dec 01, 2009
Between invisible friends
Bangladeshis thrive in and work against the ‘grey area’ of subtle acceptance of un-discussed alternative sexualities.
Delwar Hussain | Dec 01, 2009
The new relationship(s)
The increasing intimacy between Kathmandu and Beijing highlights Nepal’s hope to ease its longstanding dependency on India – but it is also squeezing the country’s already vulnerable Tibetan community.
Carey L Biron and Thierry Dodin | Dec 01, 2009
Gadhimai’s gauntlet
Setting aside the visual repulsion, the macabre excess and the gluttony for slaughter, Rabi Thapa investigates the logistical details involved in managing the 2009 Gadhimai Mela.
Rabi Thapa | Dec 01, 2009
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