The murderous assault on Bombay by Islamist militants, at least some of whom were from Pakistan, has exposed once again the grave danger that radical Islamist movements pose to Pakistan,
How does one remember an event, particularly one of the magnitude of the November 2008 Bombay attacks, which, transcending the personal became the collective tragedy of an entire country? Long
Tensions between Pakistan and India have been growing after the Bombay attacks. Are we close to a military escalation?
In spite of vociferous demands by the Indian public, Prime Minister
Aravind Adiga will go down as having maintained India's winning streak in the international literary scene by bagging the 2008 Man Booker prize. The fact that he pipped
For Homo sapiens in their prime, revolutions are sexy. When hormones are hyperactive and energy levels are high, everybody wants to have a go at changing the world. Insurgencies often
All Drawings by BILASH RAI
As a new year rolls in, a host of lists 'measuring' everything from poverty to literacy to mortality rates are doing their annual
If we have paan and speak with our upper jaw active while the lower jaw balances the juice, it is considered no extraordinary feat across the borders of the Subcontinent.
Marrying Anita
A Quest for Love in the New India
by Anita Jain
Penguin, 2008
Here is a tedious book about an Indian-American woman's experiences with love
Lasantha Wickrematunga Memorial in Kathmandu, Nepal
On 9 January, Himal Southasian, Kathmandu held a meeting in memory of Lasantha Wickrematunga. At a well-attended gathering, tribute was paid to Lasantha
If past experiences are anything to go by, the increase in violence over the last several months in Sri Lanka will not have surprised many observers. All previous attempts at
Just 11 days before the Calcutta inauguration ceremony of the 1996 cricket World Cup – being co-hosted by India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan – a bomb exploded on 31 January in
