Himal Southasian (Page 287)

Tidbits from the Southasian region

Pervez Musharraf these days must be fantasising about going back to a world without the Internet. Banning newspapers and television certainly ain't what it used to be. Barely

By Chhetria Patrakar

/ 14 Dec 2007

On the altar of foreign relations

The Kathmandu government is forcing the Tibetan-refugee population to remain in limbo

By Tenzin Choephel

/ 10 Dec 2007

Chhattisgargh’s purification hunt

The state’s Adivasis are being treated like marionettes, as political, corporate and state-security interests seek to gain access to their land.

By Shubharanshu Choudhary

/ 10 Dec 2007

Conflict of narratives

A people's movement. India's greatest internal security challenge. Struggle for the rights of the poor, Adivasis, Dalits, landless. Compact Revolutionary Zone with influence in 180 districts.

By The Editors

/ 10 Dec 2007

The long shadow

The long shadow Afghanistan's umbilical cord with its southern neighbour ensures that every political and economic shift in Pakistan is quickly reflected across the border. As such, as

By The Editors

/ 10 Dec 2007

Not a humble man

General Pervez Musharraf is becoming quite the embarrassment for Southasia, as an autocrat who thinks he can get away with hurling untenable accusations against the high judiciary, and making bald

By The Editors

/ 10 Dec 2007

Country out on a limb

22 November, a Thursday, was to have been the date of deliverance for the people of Nepal. That was when the country would have gone in for the Constituent Assembly

By The Editors

/ 10 Dec 2007

The proceedings at the recent 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China suggest that more reform is indeed on the way in the Middle Kingdom, though only within the rigid confines set forth by the party’s top leadership.

By Sankar Ray

/ 10 Dec 2007

The roving revolutionary

The imposing mansions of Vedado, a posh area of La Habana, tower over a small house that contains a quaint blue room. It is hard to believe such a modest

By Om Thanvi

/ 10 Dec 2007

Books in or for Southasia

Subordinate Ally: The nuclear deal and Indo-US strategic relations by Prakash Karat LeftWord, 2007 The nuclear deal between India and the US is part and parcel of a wide-

By The Editors

/ 10 Dec 2007

Democracy will not go back into the bottle

Gen Musharraf appears to have won this round, but the people of Pakistan are sure to win the next. What has changed is that the judges are on the side of the people.

By Beena Sarwar

/ 10 Dec 2007

Tit bits from Southasian region

TIBET Into the shanties Chinese authorities have reportedly been stepping up a process of forcing at least 100,000 Tibetan nomads to give up their traditional lifestyles and settle down

By The Editors

/ 10 Dec 2007