"If you are patriotic and you love your nation, you must give an affirmative vote," state-run television told Burmese citizens a few days before the 10 May
Kabul is a city of dramatic contrasts. In the streets, shiny black-windowed limousines drive alongside scruffy pushcarts with wobbly wheels. On the sidewalks, one-legged beggars hold out hands
Who would have thought the roof of the world could be such a turbulent place? From the foothills of the Himalaya, to the mountain passes of Bhutan, and up on
The 1950 Treaty of Peace and Friendship between India and Nepal has come fully into the limelight following the recent Constituent Assembly elections in the latter. Mention of the treaty
Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) chief ideologue Baburam Bhattarai, 53, won a seat to the Constituent Assembly from Gorkha, defeating his nearest rival by a massive margin of over 40,
Despite the fact that they have been living in their respective countries for centuries, the Lhotshampa, Nepamul Bharatiya and Madhesis have in common the fact that they are all underdogs.
In the focus on constitution-writing, let's not forget about the economy, including reconstruction and development.
The people of Nepal have voted for radical change. By sidelining old,
How did the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) win so many seats in the Constituent Assembly? More importantly, can they now prove to the Nepali people and the world that
The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), two years after abandoning guerrilla warfare to participate in aboveground politics, now finds itself set to lead the government. On 10 April, the former
In Dhaka, there is a sense of a lull before the storm. At the beginning of last year – nearly 16 months ago – a quasi-military interim government swept into power
The passage of time is a disconcertingly irksome phrase when looking towards the misty future. It is not incorrect, of course. Passage itself can certainly be a sprightly verb disguised
Three important realisations have emerged following the historic March 2008 uprising in Tibet. First and foremost, Tibetans within Tibet, although often labelled 'voiceless', have regained the initiative on
