The conflict between Shias and Sunnis, though ancient in its origins, has come to the fore with dramatic intensity on the international stage with the execution of ousted Iraqi dictator
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Never in the past two decades has the situation been as favourable as now for progress on one of the most intractable Southasian conflicts of our times. We
Burma is the starkest example of a closed society in Southasia. An oppressive regime continues to hold sway over the country. Respect for human rights is, for all purposes, an
Thousands of years ago, in the historic silk-route city of Baku on the banks of the Caspian Sea, ancients worshipped a phenomenon they could hardly comprehend: pillars of fire
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Assam is bleeding. In the first week of January, armed with Kalashnikovs and other weaponry, rebels of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) carried out a series
Two cabinet ministers flanked Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse when he met visiting Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee in mid-January. One was Mukherjee's counterpart Mangala Samaraweera. The
In 1981, the cinema theatre near my home in Calcutta became a mehfil-e-mushaira. At the end of each show, majnoohs walked out of the darkness humming tunes and
In the Shiv Sena's traditional stronghold, many are excited about the breakaway formation headed by Bal Thackeray's nephew Raj – even if they don't know
Awarding the 2006 Man Booker Prize to The Inheritance of Loss amounts to trivialising marginal communities, in this case the Nepalis of the Darjeeling hills.
Will Dharamsala’s insistence on following the current form of the Dalai Lama’s Middle Way approach continue to hinder a return to Lhasa? Will China ever relent?
