Malaysia´s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad should be feeling on top of the world. His mantras have worked wonders. Less than three years after the Asian currency crisis destabilised the
What was planned as a great meeting of minds between Indian and Pakistan media bigwigs, was far from that. They came as strangers, and left not much different.
The pick
This past mountaineering (spring) season was a full one for Nepali climbers on Mount Everest. Besides the usual dozens making it to the top as high altitude guides and the
The middle class, the nearly poor and the very poor – Bangladeshis choose their migratory destination according to their class status and region of origin.
Historically, Bangal has been both migrant
"South Asia" is a neutral term for the region, and has neither historical nor political baggage.
In the Urdu language goes a saying something like this: A cauliflower
It is clear that there is a campaign of terror, not necessarily coordinated, underway against selected minorities in India. This has serious implications for the country´s democratic polity, one
Azadi for Kashmir is not likely to have as much repercussions in rest of India as the ultra-nationalist fear.
"… THEN I secede," declared the creator of God
a short story
Auntie is the best mother she can be under the circumstances; ten-year-old Gopal remembers no other. But her heart is heavy, he is too much
What's in a name?
There are two automobile makes which ply the roads of India and Pakistan, one Mehran and the other Maruti. They are practically identical, both
