The 18th-century ‘discovery’ by Western academics of Sanskrit allowed a whole new branch of science-minded researchers to delve into the mysteries of the Subcontinent: hence, ‘Indology’. Once the three-century-old hang-ups inherent in this field are tossed aside, what is left?
Daily Times, 9 March 2010
The defection of a large number of commanders and fighters of the Hizb-i-Islami to the Karzai government is a significant development and the
That modernity and the market would serve to dispel the remaining vestiges of superstition, ritual and religiosity in India has been belied. Rationality and the scientific temper have not necessarily
Why I am a Believer: Personal reflections on nine world religions
edited by Arvind Sharma
Penguin, 2009
Who can argue with 'personal reflections', by nature subjective and built
There are many people who dream but few can turn dreams into action. Kanak Mani Dixit is one of those very few whose dreams are endless and whose actualisations are
Illustrations by Bilash Rai
Afghanistan
Fight and flight
RAs US-led forces in Helmand province are in the midst of Operation Moshtarak (Pashto and Dari for 'together'), battling
LADAKH RIOTS
In his article on "Riots in Ladakh" (Sept/Oct 1989), Siddiq Wahid makes two points. First, that it is the wicked foreigners who have planted the
Himalaya Today
This new quarterly news magazine deals with the economic, social and environmental issues facing the people of the Himalaya, but its major focus is politics. Due to the
By Rosha Bajracharya
Townspeople in Nepal have over 300 newspapers, both good and bad, to choose from. But so far, the people of the country´s 50,000-plus villages,
Another massive hydropower scheme is coining up in the Himalaya, this lime in Himachal Pradesh: the Nathpa Jhakri Power Project.
TOTAL COST: U$1.8 billion
World Bank loan, U.
Following environmental its´ protests, Beijing has postponed till 1997 plans to build a U$10 billion dam at Three Gorges on the Yangtze River. If ever built, the project would
