The euphoria is dying somewhat quickly in certain parts of our neighbourhood. The photogenic 44th president of America already managed to ruffle feathers in Islamabad, where officials were not too
The string of victories claimed by the Sri Lankan armed forces in recent weeks against the LTTE has paradoxically left the Indian government smug and worried at the same time.
The fall of Kilinochchi and Elephant Pass over the past month signals the end of the LTTE as a player whose conventional military capacity had helped it to win some
The advances in science made by our Southasian ancestors go beyond the discovery of the number zero. Using extrasensory perception, they recorded Andromeda – nay, even galaxies further away; and in
The mortality rate of journalists is high across Southasia, with harassment, threats and beatings commonplace. Even so, the two brutal murders this month, of editor Lasantha Wickrematunga in Sri Lanka
The peace talks between the government-appointed National Committee on CHT and the Parbattya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samiti (PCJSS) seems to be nearing the end of a long road. Once
To those Indians especially conscious of their country's image abroad, the recent feting of Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire at the Golden Globes, followed by its ten
The mass exodus of Kashmir's Hindu Pandit community was one of the most significant movements of people to take place in Southasia during the 1990s, though one that
Mohammed Hanif, author of the extraordinary novel A Case of Exploding Mangoes (2008), wrote a stinging essay in the Times of India in early January called "Ten Myths about
In May last year, newspapers in Bangladesh reported that a teenager had been killed along the country's northwestern border with India. Sixteen-year-old Hasibul Islam was shot
Passage to India: Migration as a coping strategy in times of crisis in Nepal
Coping through migration
Migration outward is not a new phenomenon for Nepal. The country has witnessed
