The new coalition government in Kathmandu might be made up largely of the discredited old guard, but it has an opportunity to bring the country together through effective government and
As everyone braces for a bloody summer, the new US administration has shaken up its top military command in Afghanistan. But is the
continued focus on the military intervention still too predominant?
No, Megan, no! Uh-oh, Kirsten! (I am addressing model Megan Fox and actress Kirsten Dunst, see pics.) That is not the way to pose for a photograph in our
Afghanistan's opium economy has been called the most serious problem facing the country today. President Hamid Karzai has long warned that either "we destroy the problem or
From the heavens
Sometimes I was the mountain,
And carried you on my chest.
A bridge sometimes, also riverbanks,
And now I am an ocean,
But you continue to flow,
Naga Identities:
Changing local cultures in the Northeast of India
by Michael Oppitz, et al
Snoeck, 2008
In 1939, an exhibition at the Museum für Völkerkunde in Vienna showcased the
Behind the Curtain:
Making music in Mumbai's film studios
by Gregory D Booth
Oxford University Press, 2009
If the high technology that governed the making of A R
Located strategically in the Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka was a hub in the maritime silk and spice routes for millennia. It drew traders from the East and West for both
Nishana, a 27-year-old platoon commander of the Maoist People's Liberation Army (PLA), looked just like any other Nepali mother as she played with her three-year-
Like nationalist political parties the world over, those in Karachi have come to understand the power that can come from a fear-based agenda. Their bogey: 'Talibanisation'.
Could
The results of the Lok Sabha elections proved far itchier for India's communists than did the scorching May heat in smouldering West Bengal. Not since 1977 had the
Terror in Punjab: Narratives, knowledge and truth
by Ram Narayan Kumar
Shipra, 2008
Himal Southasian mourns the death of friend and colleague Ram Narayan Kumar on Sunday, 28 June 2009.
