It was bound to happen. After gorging himself on all the GK books available in the plush jungle flora and getting some from Bangalore, Koose ("hernia" in one
A short story
For two hours, the man did not so much as pause. His voice did not crack, his forehead did not crease; nor was there a hint of
Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia by Ahmed Rashid
Yale University Press, US & UK, 2000
ISBN 0-300-08340-8
USD 27.95
How did a
Like the Nehrus in India, ruling Sri Lanka has been the family business of the Bandaranaikes.
It was curtains for Sri Lanka´s mother-daughter political act when Sirima Bandaranaike
Is he a poacher, smuggler, Robin Hood, plain thug, or a Tamil politician-in-the-making? Will the real Veerappan please emerge out of the jungle?
It has been a
Less rhetoric; more political will.
For the past decade, South Asia has been one of the fastest-growing regions in the world. Yet, the Subcontinent remains one of the world´
There is a clear danger of alienating the spirit of consensus on which the success of a larger South Asian free trade area will depend.
It is no surprise that
SAARC needs to prepare for the agenda of the Millennium Round.
It is often argued that the reason South Asian countries have historically often been marginalised in trade negotiations, is
