Himal Southasian (Page 281)

Force speaks

Rambo directed by Sylvester Stallone Millennium Films, 2008 "I think there is a story that needs to be told," Sylvester Stallone recently said of his latest movie. But

By The Editors

/ 1 Apr 2008

Malaysian makkal sakthi

When activists with the Hindu Rights Action Front (Hindraf) marched on the streets of Kuala Lumpur on 25 November 2007, hoping to highlight the plight of the poorer sections of

By The Editors

/ 1 Apr 2008

Twenty Years On

Definition kills, say some, but without it we are lost jokers, roaming astray through a deck of numberless cards. A set of rules is necessary for any game, of course,

By The Editors

/ 1 Apr 2008

Tibets second uprising

March has always been a tense time in Tibet. This year, however, what could have been just another demonstration by a group of monks in Lhasa on 10 March 2008

By The Editors

/ 1 Apr 2008

A ‘dictator’ deposed

Having reigned as the 'Dictator of Darjeeling' for two decades, Subash Ghisingh surely could not have imagined a more ignominious ouster: a popular uprising that would no longer

By The Editors

/ 1 Apr 2008

Between the verses

In the rush to ‘define’, have we forgotten Southasia’s long history of blurring the boundaries of love?

By Aunohita Mojumdar

/ 26 Mar 2008

The limits of electoral saffron

Following the Bharatiya Janata Party's electoral successes in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh during the recent assembly polls, India's national press seems intent on trying to impress

By The Editors

/ 1 Mar 2008

The newest national anthem

For decades, the national anthem of Nepal was of the kind that made citizens cringe. "Sri maan gambhir…" sung to a Western martial tune that had nothing in

By The Editors

/ 1 Mar 2008

Remembering Burma, Overturning the bowl

General Ne Win, the founder of military authoritarianism in Burma, was secretly trained during World War II by the fascist-allied military regime of Japan. Four decades later, during the

By The Editors

/ 1 Mar 2008

‘Gloomy Room 4’

There is a certain claustrophobia that can crop up from being in one place, or one situation, for too long. It is not necessarily a closing-in from the outside:

By The Editors

/ 1 Mar 2008

Region: Can Big Brother be nice?

Three years ago, on the back of the election of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, there was a subtle but perceptible change in India's regional policy. This

By The Editors

/ 1 Mar 2008

India : Pride and parochialism

Bombay is one of the world's great cosmopolitan cities, and is the largest Southasian metropolis. Measured by the diverse cultures and plethora of communities – and not only from

By The Editors

/ 1 Mar 2008