Asked what they envision when prompted with the idea of 'Kathmandu', the Valley's leading urban planners and scholars respond in a variety of ways. Despite the
The title is taken from a query articulated by a young participant at a workshop last year for displaced youths, both Tamil and Muslim, from the north and the east
Horns of the traffic jam drown out
Her "$10 for blow job,
25 for pussy." But the deal
Gets done, and the traffic
Rolls on into the City
Of Southasia's port cities, Sri Lanka's Galle – pronounced 'Gaul' – is remarkable due to its extensive maritime history, international trading links and threefold colonial domination,
Artwork: Jacob Walker
Cities, even as they grow and swell with the passing of the years, are said to retain their essential individual characteristics. But not, it seems, Dhaka. Has
Last year, an economic columnist in an Indian journal wrote about how foolish local politicians had been to change the names of some of India's greatest cities. Re-
There was a Lahore that I grew up in, and then there is the Lahore that I live in now. Recovering from an exile status for two decades, I find
Does a city have a soul? If so, does it have one or several? Is there some supra-Delhi spirit floating just visible over the skyline of Connaught Place, its
Since 21 June, more than 50 people, including the top separatist leader Sheikh Abdul Aziz, have died and hundreds more have been injured in the ongoing turmoil that has gripped
A recent poll conducted via SMS by the television programme Siyaasathu revealed that some three out of four Maldivians think that the upcoming elections – the first multi-party polls ever
Karachiites love the sea. On days when the blazing sun scorches the land, they flock to the beaches to relish the cool waves; when the fiery sun is hidden behind
For the past several years I have kept this piece of paper, though I don't know why. This crumpled, yellowing piece of paper, which flew into my life
