The 20 March passing of Girija Prasad Koirala marks the end of an era in Southasian politics, for he was the lone national-level survivor whose public life reached as
Jogendranath Mandal was born on 29 January 1904, in a predominantly Namasudra (an 'untouchable' caste, formerly called 'chandala') village called Maisterkandi of northern Barisal District, in
Ethnic strife returned to the Chittagong Hill Tracts in late February, for the third time since the 1997 signing of the accord that ended the two-decade-long insurgency in
Over the centuries, the poison of caste has been variously sung about, lamented, protested, outlawed and adjudicated in this region. During that time, the economic and cultural foundations of – and,
Daily mirror, 05 April 2010
The Catholic Bishops' conference in Sri Lanka has been quite vocal for some time about the undesirable elements that are trying to pit Buddhists
