Raja bola raat hai,
mantri bola raat hai,
court bola raat hai,
ye subah subah ki baat hai!
(The king said it was night. The minister said it was night.
(The year 2011 will be celebrated worldwide as the centenary of the great poet of Southasia, Faiz Ahmed Faiz. Himal's forthcoming January 2011 issue will carry cover features
Do the Afghan national security forces have the necessary capacity to take over security operations from the international military forces stationed in Afghanistan? It depends on who is asking. In
A session in the hills
The India–Pakistan media retreat
May 2002
Introduction
Himal and Panos South Asia organised an India-Pakistan Media Retreat at Nagarkot, Nepal, on 11-12
The nuclear weaponisation of Southasia
Bellagio, Italy
July 2003
Introduction
A group of journalists and scholars from India and Pakistan met by a lakeside in northern Italy recently to talk
The India-Pakistan 'Composite Dialogue'
Bentota, Sri Lanka
September 2004
Witnessing history: The kernel of Kashmir
By A G Noorani
This term, the 'composite-dialogue', is
The question of Kashmir
Istanbul, Turkey
2-3 December 2005
Panos South Asia organised a 'media retreat' in Istanbul on 2-3 December 2005 to discuss critical issues
PARTICIPANTS
The national-security state
Aitzaz Ahsan, former Interior Minister, the Pakistan People's Party
The impact of fundamentalist groups on policy
Bharat Bhushan, editor, Delhi, The Telegraph
29-30 OCTOBER 2007, SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA
PARTICIPANTS
RESOURCE PERSONS
A G Noorani, columnist
Shamshad Ahmad, former foreign secretary of Pakistan
EDITORS
Anuradha Bhasin Jamwal, editor of the Kashmir Times
Between two worlds
Somalee Banerjee
One of Mirza Ghalib's ghazals has a line that poignantly captures the dilemma of the Southasian migrant. 'Imaan mujhe roke hai to
