Himal Southasian (Page 319)

The menfolk we revere

This is an issue that has stayed with me for nearly three decades. When the first Indian nuclear device exploded at Pokhran, Rajasthan, back in May 1974, the scientists sent

By Bhaskar Dasgupta

/ 1 Nov 2005

Ways of the wind

Wind – Even when it is not blowing, it blows Who can lash down the wind? – Ramesh Prajapati in the Hindi poem "Hawa"

By C K Lal

/ 1 Nov 2005

Wild frontier: Valmiki-Chitwan-Parsa

Shouldn’t the tigers of a trans-boundary Nepal-Bihar forest area be given dual citizenship, so that they are protected on both sides?

By Samir Kumar Sinha

/ 1 Nov 2005

Brain gain, being brown

A Malayali Southasian’s thoughts on going away and returning home.

By Cyriac George

/ 1 Nov 2005

Public TV for the Southasian public

Airwaves transporting an agenda of connectedness throughout Southasia, right into homes across the region – what a concept! With equitable representation of news, culture, public opinion, debate and even entertainment, what

By Sanjeev Chatterjee

/ 1 Nov 2005

Channel Southasia

Isn’t it time for a regional television network that ‘thinks Southasian’ and broadcasts via satellite and cable throughout the region? While Latin America’s incipient Telesur and West Asia’s energetic Al Jazeera might provide models, it is clear that we will have to go our own way.

By Aman Malik

/ 1 Nov 2005

Blinded by the Bomb

Against all civilisational values, Islamabad and New Delhi proceed to prepare their bombs and missiles – for nuclear war to be fought on our soil.

By Zia Mian

/ 1 Nov 2005

Embrace of the strategic partner

It was in a conference room in distant Vienna where one of the most significant post-Cold War shifts in New Delhi's foreign policy was implemented. On 24

By The Editors

/ 1 Nov 2005

The deadliest quake

We have not understood why the Kashmir Earthquake of 8 October has been termed the 'South Asia Quake' by the international media, including by the all-powerful, real-

By The Editors

/ 1 Nov 2005

A very Maobaadi holiday

One of the more peculiar aspects of Nepal's decade-old internal conflict has been that, for the past few years, the autumnal Dasain festival has heralded a brief

By Deepak Thapa

/ 1 Nov 2005

The hope of Dhaka

SAARC at 20, Bangladesh, and the possibilities of eastern Southasia.

By The Editors

/ 1 Nov 2005

The healing can begin here

What hope is there for human rights protection in war-torn Jammu & Kashmir if the state’s human rights body is bound and gagged?

By Ravi Nair

/ 1 Nov 2005