Two books present the dichotomy of Bhutan´s image - from one perspective, the progressive-though-traditional idyll, to another, the authoritarian-to-dictatorial regime.
For more than 15 years, the Bhutanese government painted circles around Kathmandu's authorities, as well as those concerned in the international community, regarding the repatriation of the Nepali-
India
The Indian union is going through a shake up, with aspirations of statehood rising in the mainland with much vigour. First a Telengana is to be carved out of
If the metamorphosis of Mohandas Gandhi's Gujarat into a Hindutva laboratory was baffling to social scientists, Orissa's recent emergence as another communal hotspot has been no
BANGLADESH/ INDIA
Power-hungry
Perhaps counter-intuitively, nothing leads to cooperation between Southasian countries better than crippling shortages. With much of the region reeling under severe power scarcities, there are
In almost any situation one can safely say that the eruption of violence marks a setback for education. I am not hinting at the chronic shortage of funds for education
On 16 December, when the highest court in Pakistan struck down the controversial National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), it was not just a blow in favour of accountability, but also a
Sri Lanka's election season commenced with a thunderbolt, a development unthinkable in those heady days six months ago, when the demise of the Tamil Tigers was celebrated with
ALL currently prevailing international academic fads make their way in time to the corridors of power and planning in Kathmandu. National policies are quick to accommodate prevailing concepts, theories and
