Writer’s block
The hundred-day deadline has just passed for the promulgation of Nepal’s long-awaited new constitution. But there is little optimism that this date will be met.
Bipin Adhikari | Mar 01, 2010
Battlefield city
Internecine political battles are making Karachi a dangerous place to live
Shamim-ur-Rahman | Mar 01, 2010
Beyond Indology
The 18th-century ‘discovery’ by Western academics of Sanskrit allowed a whole new branch of science-minded researchers to delve into the mysteries of the Subcontinent: hence, ‘Indology’. Once the three-century-old hang-ups inherent in this field are …
Ted Riccardi | Mar 01, 2010
In light of Nalanda
The ruins of one of Asia’s great centres of learning still inspire travellers.
Namit Arora | Mar 01, 2010
In remembrance of water
Where there is water, there is probably ore beneath.
Hartman de Souza | Mar 01, 2010
Dagger-clawed little people
Did being an island help Sri Lanka evolve a particular type of hominid?
Richard Boyle | Mar 01, 2010
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The quintessential prey
Care, coexistence and predation in a recent Hindi film on human-animal relations.
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Cost comparisons of COVID-19 vaccines across the region.
Bordered by violence
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The caravan of Sanuman
Translated excerpt from Dor Bahadur Bista’s Nepali-language novel ‘Sotala’.
