Himal Southasian (Page 359)

THE LIMITS OF ADULATION

Have you noticed? The gun-toting Osama bin Laden has pushed the peaceable Dalai Lama into deep background. The 'Tibet cause' is presently in the doldrums as, next

By The Editors

/ 1 Feb 2002

MUSLIM INDIA: The pain & the agony

I have been familiar with the writings of Professsor Mushirul Hasan, eminent social historian, where he comes across as an intellectual and a humanitarian. He is also the same sensitive

By Anindita Dasgupta

/ 1 Feb 2002

Between Regionalism and the Nation-State

THE HIMAL ROUNDTABLE ON RE-CONCEPTUALISING SOUTH ASIA (18-19 NOVEMBER 2001) Why do the people of South Asia, who constitute more than one-fifth of all humanity, remain so

By The Editors

/ 1 Jan 2002

PEACE AFTER ELECTIONS?

The installation of a new government in Sri Lanka after a bruising general election last month offers a measure of hope to a war weary nation. The election pitted the

By Jehan Perera

/ 1 Jan 2002

OUR ENDANGERED SPECIES

Noam Chomsky says humans are an "endangered species" and given the nature of their institutions, they are likely to destroy themselves in a fairly short time. When Chomsky

By Aqil Shah

/ 1 Jan 2002

NEPAL: THE YEAR OF MASSACRES, ROYAL AND OTHERWISE

The year 2001 was the most turmoil-ridden in Nepal's modern history, and arguably in its entire two centuries as a nation-state. The week preceding the new

By The Editors

/ 1 Jan 2002

Camouflage the Taj

So they're going to cover the Taj Mahal in a bed sheet. Good move. It shows there are some people in the political leadership of the north Indian

By Kanak Mani Dixit

/ 1 Jan 2002

Afghanistan’s Ethnic Groups

Now that the bombing is over and Osama and Omar have evacuated themselves, Afghanistan will once again recede from our mindset. But we still do not know Afghanistan. In an

By The Editors

/ 1 Jan 2002

The South Asian Power Grid

Linking mainland electricity grids is a practical form of regionalism that benefits all parties. With rising populations and finite capabilities, the only way for all countries to move ahead may

By Santa B Pun

/ 1 Jan 2002

A touch of jadoo…

Reviving SAARC will be difficult but it can be done, says the former Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh. This time, however, government must play facilitator and let business and civil society

By Farooq Sobhan

/ 1 Jan 2002

Nepal, India and Area Studies

There is a lot of talk on the need to understand each other in South Asia, but strangely nothing is being done to promote area studies Take one instance: the

By Pratyoush Onta

/ 1 Jan 2002

RESUSCITATING SAARC AT Summit No. 11

SAARC is at such a point in its history that it must now be moving, and be seen to be moving, decisively forward. The alternative is regression and obsolescence The

By Sridhar K. Khatri

/ 1 Jan 2002