Hindustani sangeet is an ancient art form that is performed and appreciated today across the modern political and socio-cultural borders of the region – representing a true Southasian cultural exchange.
Economists have long made the case for diversification as key to a country's export competitiveness. In line with this, Nepal has made considerable progress in diversifying markets for
When Velupillai Prabhakaran perished in May 2009, the long Eelam War ended with him – as did a phase in Indo-Lankan relations. For the best part of three decades, the
It is virtually impossible to accurately trace the genealogy of what is today commonly known as Indian classical music – a hybrid entity that it is neither monolithic nor coherent. There
The case of Aasia Bibi, the Christian woman sentenced to death under Pakistan's 'blasphemy' laws, and the 4 January assassination of Punjab Governor Salman Taseer, who
The Maldives
Taxing new year
Travellers are going to be wishing that they had gone to visit the Maldives last year instead of this, with the Maldivian government having enacted
In recent years, the Sri Lankan economy has been increasingly looking towards the East. This policy trend first became evident during the height of the war in 2007 as the
On 4 January, Punjab province Governor Salman Taseer was killed by a member of his security detail, Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri. But as disturbing as the assassination itself were the
The confessional statement of Swami Asseemanand – a self-styled godman, originally Jatin Chatterji from Hooghly district in West Bengal – has finally put to rest lingering doubts, if any credible ones
Ten years ago, insurgents ambushed an Assam Rifles convoy in the northeastern state of Manipur, India. The Assam Rifles, a paramilitary organisation, in retaliation shot dead ten civilians who were
'Somebody has to stand up,' Salmaan Taseer had responded in a television interview last December after being reminded that challenging Pakistan's strong and powerful rightwing Islamists
Art by Khuda Bux Abro
While the crop of what can be called his most seasoned offerings ripened in later years, Faiz's early poetry and his linkages with
