On 1 September, I visited Paschim Kusaha, where the Kosi Breach occurred on 18 August. In my 30 years of working on water-related issues, I have not witnessed a
Whatever the thinking behind the old Kosi and Gandak agreements between Nepal and India (1954 and 1959), they have left a legacy of resentment and mistrust in Nepal which has
In India, there are near-constant debates about defining and measuring poverty, hunger, malnutrition and starvation. If these were merely of academic interest, this writer could pass them by in
There is something vaguely obscene about young children gyrating non-existent hips and heaving undeveloped bosoms on national television in the presence of proud, beaming parents. Add to this the
As a part of folk literature, the proverb continues to create, inform, address, direct and shape the ideology of a community in its day-to-day life, cutting across the
On the evening of 2o September, a Saturday, the Marriot Hotel in Islamabad was blasted. A gaping crater, more than 30 feet deep, was created by a bomb of unimaginable
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The world according to Dabur
Political unrest in Pakistan and Nepal is forcing Dabur India to reconsider its business strategy in these countries. Currently,
When, in July, the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) was extended for a third time, the Indian ambassador to the United Nations, Nirupam Sen, while supporting
All Drawings by Bilash Rai
Times have been a bit tough recently for Burma's chief censor, Major Tint Swe. Pesky scribes have seemed to be turning more defiant
Sharad Yadav is an old hand in Delhi politics. He has swung from being a socialist to a staunch ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party, and now heads the Janata
Photo: Rahraw Omarzad, Centre for Contemporary Arts Art: Muqaddesa Yourish
My home was the worst affected, though I didn't realise it at the time. Not that my attention
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