With an eye on the footpath
Without the colonial baggage, publishing in Nepal remains dominated by the vernacular.
Deepak Aryal | May 22, 2011
With scholarship and enterprise
Pakistan's production of books is tied to educational publishing, but the future beckons.
Ameena Saiyid | May 22, 2011
When markets commission
Even as numerous infrastructural challenges remain to be surmounted, India's already booming books industry looks poised to cross new frontiers.
Akshay Pathak | May 22, 2011
From Ansari Road
A journey through English-language publishing in India.
Urvashi Butalia | May 22, 2011
These songs do not die
Could a region as varied as Southasia expect anything other than today's dizzying cornucopia of literary creations?
Namita Gokhale | May 01, 2011
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