The long-awaited UN "fact-finding" report has blamed the assassination of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on the federal government's "fatally insufficient and
The Brazilian TV novela 'Caminho das Índias' has created stereotypes about India and Southasia in Brazil, blending Bollywood glamour with Orientalist misconceptions
Foreign Aid and Politics in Nepal
by Eugene B Mihaly
Himal Books, Kathmandu, 2002 (2nd edition)
pp lx+237, NPR 460
ISBN 99933 43 40 4
When Mihaly wrote this
Over the past decade, in fiction and autobiography, South Asian women have begun to explore the stories of their pasts in an efflorescence of writings. Among others, Mrinal Pande, Manju
The shutting-down of two photographic exhibitions in Dhaka's Drik Gallery in just the last few months proves that Bangladesh's censors, unlike lightning, can strike at
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Two portentous results emerged from the parliamentary election in Sri Lanka. The ruling United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) led by President Mahinda Rajapakse won a resounding victory, just short of
The last time Pakistan had declared victory against the Taliban in the Bajaur tribal region overlooking Kunar province in Afghanistan was in spring 2009. Last month, a similar claim has
