A fatal intersection
Three small shops in northwestern Sri Lanka no longer exist.
Liyanage Amarakeerthi | Jun 01, 2010
Fire and the federation
Despite persistent tensions, Pakistan’s ethnic groups have developed enough stakes in the country to prevent it from splintering.
Syed Talat Hussain | Jun 01, 2010
A profitable education
While India’s new Right to Education Act seeks to bring free and compulsory education for all children, it seems to short-change them through an unrealistic vision of the private sector’s involvement.
Sadhna Saxena | Jun 01, 2010
Subduing the control freak
Further along Pakistan´s never-ending democratic transition.
Fahd Husain | Jun 01, 2010
Kacha Garhi to the Kensington Oval
Being forced to choose between supporting the Indian or Pakistani team is now a thing of the past for cricket-crazy Afghans.
Mujib Mashal | Jun 01, 2010
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