I was born in the village of Bhadawn, in Azamgarh District of Uttar Pradesh, and also graduated from the local Post-Graduate Degree College. A visit to Bhadawn 27 years
SAARC, that infelicitous acronym, has many fathers. At least in Bangladesh. The conventional wisdom in Dhaka is that SAARC was the brainchild of the assassinated president Ziaur Rahman. However, Hossain
The SAARC process is currently caught between two forces. One emerges from the urge to define the nation state; the other is a product of globalisation, which contains natural market
At regional meetings, Southasian writers invariably repeat old themes – translate literary works into each other's languages, share common experiences and, most spectacularly, revitalise the common heritage of the
Reconnecting Southasia to itself and the world", the Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon often reminds us, is an important long-term political objective for New Delhi as a
During the early 1970s – before Bangladesh was born, or SAARC was incepted; before Sikkimisation and the many other events that are the signature tunes of Southasia in its present construction
"The beast was born dead, but feigned life. The pretence of being alive was sustained by various equally stillborn attempts to show signs of life."
– Himal Southasian, editorial,
Went for a random walk around Dhaka during the three-hour curfew break. No empty rickshaws anywhere. Walking is good for me anyway; have to get rid of flab. Ready
The history and practice of medicine in the region poses peculiar problems for Southasia. The region has a well-documented history of several canons of medicine (ayurveda, siddha, unani, as
Akbar: Ufff!
Birbal: What?
Akbar: Why did Afghanistan have to join SAARC?
Birbal: What do you mean? What's wrong about getting a new member?
Akbar: Don't
The notion of Southasia is not a cartographic grid of a specific geographic region, but an India-centric approach that dominates the region as a whole. For a resident of
my teacher talks of a sri lankan english
vhere is this-thing?
tons of shakes
peare, shelley, shaw
press upon me,
how to clean rice in english?
unfound it,
in
