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Conservation history: ‘A Boy from Siklis’ by Manjushree Thapa

The legacy of Chandra Gurung, pioneer in the field of conservation in Nepal.

/ 1 Jan 2010

‘Quick study’

I had never seen anything like it, and can barely remember the details anymore. I know it was very large, and I know it was very bright, and I know

By The Editors

/ 1 Jan 2010

Right of return, (Bhutan)

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-

By The Editors

/ 1 Jan 2010

Stop and think (India)

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

By The Editors

/ 1 Jan 2010

Hindutva then and now: ‘Violent Gods: Hindu nationalism in India’s present’ by Angana Chatterji and ‘Savarkar and Hindutva’ by A G Noorani

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

By Subhash Gatade

/ 1 Jan 2010

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

By The Editors

/ 1 Jan 2010

Beyond false debates

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

By Krishna Kumar

/ 1 Jan 2010

No reconciliation, (Pakistan)

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

By The Editors

/ 1 Jan 2010

Election on a precipice

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

By Tisaranee Gunasekara

/ 1 Jan 2010

No Thought For Women

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

By The Editors

/ 17 Dec 2009

conference: Speaking Truth to Power

Start date: 7 December 2009 End date: 8 December 2009 Location: Negombo, Sri Lanka Organized by LIRNEasia and supported by the International Development Research Centre of Canada (IDRC)

By The Editors

/ 7 Dec 2009

Over-disciplined: ‘Water, ecosystems and society’ by Jayanta Bandyopadhyay

Following in a long line of analysis, talk shows on television on several occasions over the past summer featured experts who made politically correct statements in favour of a series

By Sudhirendar Sharma

/ 1 Dec 2009