Since we are
our worst enemies,
is it any surprise
that barbed wire,
watchtowers and searchlights
keep neighbours apart,
border guards suddenly
slug it out
for no apparent reason,
families
After a lifetime of sorts in Madras, I moved to Kathmandu at the age of 42. More than anything else, this was an opportunity to understand, in practice, as the
The colour of my skin?
In a land sold on fairness creams?
Common language?
Only one shared sentence: death.
Shared history?
Wasn't all Empire was it?
Ancestors?
Didn&
Let us begin at the beginning – not with India as the 'core' but rather with the periphery, which will decide the outcome of the Southasian dream. Unless this
My paintings are but expressions of the aspirations of the oppressed majority around me. They are reflections of a society in need of social change. The geographical, socio-political and
Louis XVI of France was unseated from his throne by his own people, and met a violent end in 1793 during the French Revolution. One of the most despotic Czars,
With the exceptions of politics in the Maldives and al-Qaeda-influenced jihad, Southasian conflicts are all about the exclusion of 'others', be it on grounds of religion,
Twenty-three years after its creation, SAARC remains hostage to a state-centric understanding of Southasia, and continues to operate as an inter-governmental body engaged in functional cooperation on
On a beautiful, sunny day in Kabul, giddy with excitement about the journey ahead, we loaded up the pickup truck with our latest publications, as well as some various artefacts.
Names and labels matter. They are redolent of identity and neighbourhood. 'Southasia' is, therefore, not merely a geopolitical expression, but also an association of ideas, experiences, interactive cultures
